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Contented sound
Answer for the clue "Contented sound ", 6 letters:
murmur
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Murmur was a record label that started as an imprint of Sony Music Australia in mid- 1994 . Named after REM 's first album , Murmur signed a number of Australia 's most successful rock bands , including Silverchair , Ammonia , Something for Kate and Jebediah ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., "expression of discontent by grumbling," from Old French murmure "murmur, sound of human voices; trouble, argument" (12c.), noun of action from murmurer "to murmur," from Latin murmurare "to murmur, mutter," from murmur (n.) "a hum, muttering, ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a roar/murmur/chorus of approval ▪ There were murmurs of approval from the crowd. COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB softly ▪ Consider the following examples: Arthur murmured softly in Bertha's ear. ▪ When she felt ...
Usage examples of murmur.
The old doctor murmured some words about amphoric breathing, and a sound such as a cracked jar might give out.
She tried to speak, but the anguished murmuring of the dead swelled into a crescendo and swept her words away.
A behavior so very opposite to that of his amiable predecessor afforded no favorable presage of the new reign: and the Romans, deprived of power and freedom, asserted their privilege of licentious murmurs.
Instead of asserting, that the authority of the gods was superior to that of the emperor, they desisted, with a plaintive murmur, from the use of those sacred rites which their sovereign had condemned.
Sinjin softly murmured, intent on assuaging his desire, exploring the bar-rier of her virginity with a gentle finger.
Just as quickly, there arose a low drone of murmuring comments attesting to their admiration.
A nurse stood at the bassinet in the dim light, tending to him, murmuring softly.
That involuntary murmur, scarcely audible, so soft was it, seemed in some way to satisfy de Batz, for the keenness of his gaze relaxed, and his fat fingers ceased their nervous, intermittent tattoo on the ledge of the box.
Damien murmured, sounding like a stock character from a blaxploitation film.
Baudolino, the Poet, Boron, and Kyot knelt in prayer, while at a slight distance Solomon murmured the litanies that the Jews habitually recite.
Millions of rustling grass-blades made one murmuring sound, and thousands of wild ducks and geese and herons and cranes and pelicans were talking sharply and brassily in the wind.
A perfect carpet of it is at our feet, and the brooklet makes the sweetest murmuring as it glides onward through the grove, telling all the while, like some silly schoolgirl, where you may look for it.
Hall to stand in front of Buri brought murmurs of vote from all-those -seated on the benches along the walls.
Hall to stand in front of Buri brought murmurs of vote from all those seated on the benches along the walls.
He threw his burnous over his shoulder and moved away smiling, and murmuring in a luscious voice the first words of Ganem, the Slave of Love.