Synonyms
Examples for "murmur"
Examples for "murmur"
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The second thing made everyone murmur with surprise, and then with hope.
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Aunt Celia got in without a murmur; I sneaked in after her.
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The audience gave Austria credit for that much in a short murmur.
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And in the north the ominous murmur had become a rhythmic roar.
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Unfortunately the rest of the phrase was lost in an indistinct murmur.
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This was a constant background mutter through his great days at Barcelona.
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Jondrette found time to mutter in the ear of his eldest daughter:-
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Most, however, remained to glare and frown and mutter curses at us.
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The first time the U2 singer was mentioned, there was a mutter.
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The drums began to mutter, Bakahenzie cried out in a loud voice:
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We grumble about our politics, but politicians across the world behave badly.
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Over the low grumble of the engine he heard hammers at work.
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In fact, she used to complain and grumble while she was there.
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I've heard you grumble about your father on more than one occasion.
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That made Bat grunt and grumble and wriggle; and finally uncover, too.
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I remember this by thinking of Popeye, whose trademark rusty croak went:
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The lambs said most; and the sheep agreed with a husky croak.
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He let out a pained croak and curled into a fetal position.
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Outside it was that same whispered croak from long unused vocal cords.
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When his resistance finally gave way, he could only croak, Okay .
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My face is ash-color'd, my sinews gnarl, away from me people retreat.
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I leaned against a gnarl in the olive tree behind.
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I lifted my body up into the hedge and snaked my legs deep into its gnarl.
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The cup had been carved out of a gnarl, judging from the pattern of the wood grain.
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I expect Maud will have the family tree along and urge us to stop overnight at every gnarl on the 'trunk.'
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There is no gnarl about him yet, but it will come, most likely in further increments against France in Paris on Sunday.
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She'd gnarl her face up for no reason while giving out bedtime meds and slam back into the nursing station without a word.
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As the pane shattered I wheeled my feet and drove them down, ensuring they went first with the rupturing snow into the gnarl below.
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He stood upon the highest vantage-point that he could attain with safety, where a shaggy gnarl of the all-pervading ivy served as a friendly stay.
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Gnarled oaks and short dense evergreens cast tiny shadows across the path.
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A tall familiar figure walking with a staff of twisted gnarled wood.
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Mature trees crowned the rise, gripping it in gnarled fists of roots.
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Two large gnarled hands burst out of the wood, reaching for me.
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Dulles held his copy in trembling fingers gnarled with arthritis and gout.
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Waves gently lapped at the gnarled, exposed roots of the oak tree.
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Columns rose from pool to ceiling, thick and gnarled as tree trunks.