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murmur

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murmur
Med any abnormal soft blowing sound heard within the body, usually over the chest
murmur [′mər·mər]
(medicine)
A blowing or roaring heart sound heard through the wall of the chest; caused by blood flow through a defective valve.
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) The art of his reading was supposed to lie in rolling out the words, quite independently of their meaning, in a loud and singsong voice alternating between a despairing wail and a tender murmur, so that the wail fell quite at random on one word and the murmur on another.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
In the mad struggle for place and power he has no part; the roar of the strife reaches his ear like the distant murmur of the ocean.
Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
Rokoff had been in to see and revile and abuse him several times during the afternoon; but he had been able to wring no word of remonstrance or murmur of pain from the lips of the giant captive.
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