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Meanings of general hubbub in English

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Usage of general hubbub in English
1
The authorities were in a flutter and there was a general hubbub.
The Wife, and Other Stories
2
For two minutes there was nothing but a general hubbub of joy.
The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories
3
There was scattered laughter, most of it lost in the general hubbub.
One night stands & lost weekends
4
Madden, the Service Tutor, flung his shrill treble voice above the general hubbub-
The Prelude to Adventure
5
Both these decrees seemed to originate in the general hubbub.
Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas
6
Here there arose a very general hubbub of voices, all raised against M. Savarin.
The Parisians — Volume 06
7
Antipater heard a few gasps of astonishment; and then there commenced a wild general hubbub.
Roma eterna
8
As she descended the stairs she heard a man's voice screaming above the general hubbub:
A Mummer's Wife
9
Wagons are being packed, camps are broken up, and there is a general hubbub everywhere.
"Co. Aytch," Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment / Or, A Side ...
10
The next moment his harsh voice was heard above the din and the general hubbub around:
The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel
11
The next morning, May 20th, he is awakened by a general hubbub and noise of fighting.
A Woodland Queen ('Reine des Bois') — Volume 3
12
There was a knock on the door, barely audible above the general hubbub, and Pigge entered.
Scoop
13
The answer was a general hubbub.
First Footsteps in East Africa
14
Whatever tune the band was playing became indistinguishable and simply added a small contribution to the general hubbub.
Rite of Passage
15
A train full of Algerian troops came puffing into the station, the uproar hardly rising above the general hubbub.
A Volunteer Poilu
16
The first distinct voice that struck upon Roland's ear above the general hubbub, was that of his brother Tod.
The Channings: A Story
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United Kingdom
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