Word: murmur
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...auctioneer began by offering Farouk's mountain of stamps, one of the most important collections ever sold publicly. Sixty expert philatelists from all over the world bid briskly with a jerk of the thumb, a murmur in any of half a dozen languages, which the auctioneer swiftly understood. Said the buyer for America's Gimbels department-store chain: "The early part of the collection of Farouk's father shows the care and feeling that marks the collector. But Farouk's contribution is just a mixed-up accumulation." Added a European dealer who used to sell...
Holy bells clanged and trumpets blared, and up from the sacred place, above the murmur of the vast crowd, rose the cries: "Victory to Mother Ganges" "Long live religion . . ." The sun was not yet up, but at the confluence of the Ganges and Jumna Rivers, 4,000,000 Hindu pilgrims were gathered for the great ceremony...
...leaned to his right to murmur something to Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, who scribbled a hasty note. Then Molotov rambled for 25 minutes before launching into the agenda so surprisingly agreed...
...defendant. I am not permitted to go on with the meeting." In the confusion of other protests, Lawyer Robert H. Montgomery, company clerk, recognized a motion to adjourn until after the court hearing this week, and called for a vote. There was a quiet murmur of "ayes" and a roar of "nos." Announced Montgomery: "The ayes have it." Then he and White turned and walked out a back door...
After his election, Pius XII received the first "obedience" of the College of Cardinals, each kissing his red leather slipper. During the ceremony, he was heard to murmur: "Miserere mei, Deus [Pity me, Lord...