Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass on a summer day listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is hardly a waste of time. From LearnThat.org. [John Lubbock.]
There was a soft murmur from the back of the room. From Wordnik.com. [Best Because it’s True « Morgan Dempsey] Reference
A murmur is invisible, sounding some continual question. From Wordnik.com. [john bennett | murmurs and shards « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground] Reference
There's a soft awestruck murmur from the back of the bus: "Wow!". From Wordnik.com. [Tea Party road trip: What the movement wants -- and why] Reference
To that murmur from the woodland of the dove, my dear, the dove. From Wordnik.com. [Mopsa the Fairy] Reference
Pretty Conservative eh and yet not a murmur from the left pourqui?. From Wordnik.com. [Life Goes on Under Emperor Brown] Reference
The murmur is like a swoosh of too much blood coming out of the heart. From Wordnik.com. [Fun with heart machines « Lab Kat] Reference
And a sulky murmur comes from the chastened leaders on the front benches. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-12-30] Reference
"On guard!" was all he replied, ignoring a pleading murmur from the girl. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Moth: A Romance of the XVIII Century] Reference
To ask for anything more, my darker fears murmur, is to tempt destruction. From Wordnik.com. [Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » Negotiating Against Themselves] Reference
A heart murmur is an extra sound besides the first and second heart sounds. From Wordnik.com. [Heart Murmur] Reference
Sometimes the doctor will be concerned that the murmur is not innocent or normal. From Wordnik.com. [Heart Murmur] Reference
There was an approving murmur from the audience at the sight of "Cornwallis" on his knees. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Maid of Old Philadelphia] Reference
Yet her lips parted not in murmur: and the smile that had played there all her life did not leave her eyes now. From Wordnik.com. [The Four Winds of Eirinn] Reference
If your child's doctor feels comfortable that the murmur is innocent, there is no need for further cardiology evaluation. From Wordnik.com. [Heart Murmur] Reference
There rose a murmur among them then, and the next instant this murmur was a cry. From Wordnik.com. [That Lass o' Lowrie's: A Lancashire Story] Reference
Father Brown murmured something; some might have imagined that the murmur was a little like a moan. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Father Brown] Reference
Now it became clearer and the murmur was the tread of a thousand feet and the clatter of horses 'hoofs. From Wordnik.com. [The Leopard's Spots [selections]] Reference
The Canadian oral storytelling project called murmur is free, supplied with content from local and formerly local volunteers. From Wordnik.com. [Cell Phones Work as Tour Guides] Reference
At the close, I heard the deep murmur which is applause on such occasions. From Wordnik.com. [The Mask of Apollo]
Heart murmur, which is a noise that blood makes as it flows through the heart. From Wordnik.com. [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference
Maigret, bending over the sick-bed, spoke gently in a low voice, so that a kind of murmur could be heard. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret and the Bum]
"The best can do no more," said Fuller, in a mellow, peace-making kind of murmur; "the best can do no more.". From Wordnik.com. [Aunt Rachel] Reference
Amongst these the stream brawls, only that this word does not express its good-natured voice, and "murmur" is too quite. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866] Reference
Abdul-Walid's poem is almost perfect, but I think that, in context, the seventh "murmur" from the end was a little redundant. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: MURMURING?] Reference
Than the murmur from the shore?. From Wordnik.com. [Records of Woman, With Other Poems] Reference
I feel thy wing in murmur, and I dream. From Wordnik.com. [Poems: Descriptive, Dramatic, Legendary and Contemplative, by William Gilmore Simms, Esq. In Two Volumes: Vol. II. I. Southern Passages and Pictures; II. Historical and Dramatic Sketches; III. Scripture Legends; IV. Francesca Da Rimini] Reference
Now that I think about it, the nurse said "murmur" and the doctor said extra heartbeats. From Wordnik.com. [OnThePharm] Reference
He made a kind of murmur, then turning round, uneasily said, 'That is not all; I have seen myself, Mr. Audley.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Pillars of the House, V1] Reference
The murmur of conversation is so loud it's more like a roar. From Wordnik.com. [The Celebrity] Reference
“It is only meat,” I murmur as the Commander greets the day. From Wordnik.com. [The Hunter] Reference
She frowned at the ceiling, a skylight of glass, the murmur of pigeons. From Wordnik.com. [Peggy Guggenheim Visits Picasso's Bathroom] Reference
They stroke their chins, murmur among themselves, mutter the usual cliches. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: 'Look, Danny's Talking To You'] Reference
Predictably, the market has started to murmur "bubble," but the bulls are unfazed. From Wordnik.com. [A New Golden Age?] Reference
A casual passerby would not have seen his chest move or heard a murmur of breath. From Wordnik.com. [Waiting for Wanda] Reference
Logic pointed toward war: unreason seemed about to engulf the feeble murmur of diplomacy. From Wordnik.com. [Will He Blink?] Reference
Let us murmur a short prayer for the unmarried, who make up 58 percent of the taxpaying population. From Wordnik.com. [Tax Cuts: Who Will Get What] Reference
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