Word: murmurings
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...Robert, I'm not quite finished. If you took me in your arms and carried me to your truck and forced me to go with you, I wouldn't murmur a complaint. You could do the same thing just by talking to me. But I don't think you will. You're too sensitive, too aware of my feelings, for that. And I have feelings of responsibility here. Yes, it's boring in its way. My life, that is." --The Bridges of Madison County...
...shorter exam period] had been implemented without any visible murmur or anguish," Buell said...
...ANOTHER WARM EVENING ON ST. Kitts, and the customers gather at Fisherman's Wharf to drink Carib beer, eat lobster tails and listen to the pulsing beat of soca music. Outside, crickets chirp and waves murmur on the beach. The air is soft, the breeze sweet. It's hard to imagine a cozier, more peaceful spot to unwind from winter's onslaught, which explains why every year at this time thousands of sun-starved American and European tourists migrate to St. Kitts by plane and cruise ship. Most of them are unaware that the sleepy little isle also accommodates...
...seem as if the actors didn't understand what they were saying. One had the impression that the dream-like quality of the play as a whole left the actors feeling that individual lines didn't have to make sense, as long as they were uttered in an impassioned murmur. As a result, this production of The Maids substituted vagueness for mystery. For this difficult and frequently purple writing to come to life, more conviction and understanding are needed...
...they have begun to carry a powerful message. At the G.O.P.'s weekly Senators-only lunches, some Republicans now avoid sitting near him. When Packwood's colleagues gather for votes on the Senate floor, they hardly ever include him in their convivial chatter. Rarer still is the consoling sidelong murmur he used to hear so frequently: "How's it going, Bob?" The message is evident to everyone, it seems, but the Senator himself, who believes collegial sympathy may be his salvation. "A number of them are praying for me," he says. "And I am convinced that the prayers of others...