dull murmur
Frequency: 6.58.1 per million words
a quiet, indistinct murmur
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Examples (10)
- A dull murmur of discontent spread through the crowd.
- The doctor listened to the patient's heart and detected a dull murmur.
- From beyond the wall, they could hear a dull murmur of voices.
- He spoke in a dull murmur, barely audible above the background noise.
- The engine emitted a dull murmur as it idled.
- A dull murmur of agreement could be heard from the back of the room.
- She tried to discern the words within the dull murmur of the distant conversation.
- The professor ignored the dull murmur that accompanied his less popular lectures.
- Despite the excitement, only a dull murmur indicated the audience's presence.
- The constant dull murmur of the city was a comforting sound to him.