Word: murmur
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...murmur ran through the court which was horrified. ... In effect, the young man was saying, 'I insist on being hanged by the neck in three weeks' time,' and the strength of his desire to die was forcing his weak voice through his shuddering lips and ignoring his pain, which was great, for he was blasted by what he did. He was like an insect that falls on a hot stove and is withered, and what he did felt like an act of cruelty to the whole court. It rejected the life that...
...pasture their purebred Jersey herd. Near the house is an immaculate modern dairy equipped with electric milkers. Miss West has been known to take visitors to the dairy and, in one of those transports common to cattle lovers, throw her arms around a cow's neck and murmur: "You beautiful, beautiful creature...
...every furlong pole along the way (the five furlongs in 157 2/5, the six furlongs in 1:09, the mile in 1:35 3/5, the mile and one-eighth in 1:49 1/5). When John P. Grier stuck his neck in front of Big Red in the stretch, a murmur of amazement came from the stands: "Man o' War's beaten...
Back on the bench, everyone but Boston was cheering. When the shouts died down they saw him looking down the field at Farrell and heard him murmur: "The dumb Irishman...
Radcliffe took up field hockey, with a murmur of "Sissy" in Princeton's direction, about 50 years ago. The Annex girls of those days played the game in coat sweaters buttoned up to here and droopy bloomers extending down to about here. The 1947 stick-swingers wear cherry tunics and shorts...