| 单词 | murmurous |
| 例句 | The afternoon air was warm and still, and the shade of the tree was drowsy and murmurous with crickets. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Tom and Miss Baker sat at either end of the long couch and she read aloud to him from the "Saturday Evening Post"--the words, murmurous and uninflected, running together in a soothing tune. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z They arrived at twilight and as we strolled out among the sparkling hundreds Daisy's voice was playing murmurous tricks in her throat. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z A small soft wind blew gently from the east, a wind mild and murmurous and full of rain. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Mr. Corbijn picturesquely frames the back story to the shoot, but his muffled retelling drifts with Dane DeHaan’s murmurous impersonation of Dean and Robert Pattinson’s almost perversely listless turn as Stock. Review: In ‘Life,’ Photographing James Dean, the Rising Star 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z I can hear the murmurous, gently swelling music of Rotview Balcony, a place of crimson skies and arid landscape, playing from the other room where the game is idling as I type this sentence. Review | ‘Elden Ring’: A sparkling version of the old Souls formula 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z Their brain wave response to the kind of constant, murmurous aural clutter around us was lower than among the other students, allowing the athletes to better amplify and pinpoint the sound they wanted. The Quiet Brain of the Athlete 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z He came back on a murmurous afternoon of mid-May. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z It is calm; but the surf rolls in languidly, with low murmurous sound, as it will roll, be the sea's surface never so smooth, beyond the involuntary breakers. Mathieu Ropars: et cetera 2012-03-15T02:00:28.013Z From the terraces above her bed we look over the busy metropolis, astir with its myriad pulses of life and passion, while its rumble and din sound in our ears in a murmurous monotone. A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors 2012-02-17T03:00:36.500Z Spanish eloquence at its best thrills the blood to wine, and the swift succession of orators, fourteen all told, played on the vast audience like master artists on a murmurous organ. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z The city's voice rose murmurously through the heat, and one by one the usual beggars and venders made their appearance on the platform steps. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z On that night at Eze he had not foreseen the outcome of his swift return, of his irruption into the gaily lighted room murmurous with the sea. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z Here the resounding din of the streets below was subdued to a murmurous confusion of voices, from which occasionally a sharp cry would spirt up clear into the air like a jet of water. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z The sun set, the swift darkness followed, and the moon had risen before he heard the murmurous thunder of the sea upon the western shore. The Four Corners of the World 2012-01-26T03:00:15.920Z The wheels of the first coach crackle suddenly above the murmurous quiet of preparation. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z The great market-place, filled from dawn to dusk with murmurous life of the city, was robed by night in ineffable stillness. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z When Margaret washed the dasher, she 'kept an eye out' for the dark corners of the room, for the air seemed thronged and murmurous. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z He wrote: “This is another world — terrifying to the outsider, yet imposing in its strangeness — behind those massive walls, in this murmurous darkness, within the temporary but real power of desperate men.” Tom Wicker, Journalist and Author, Dies at 85 2011-11-25T22:02:10Z Hard by, a murmurous stream Fell through the flowers; below them, space on space, Laughed the immeasurable plains; beyond, The mystic mountain soared. The Epic of Hades In Three Books 2011-11-16T03:00:28.060Z Already, like balm upon the old man's wounded heart, there stole the murmurous peace of the longest day. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z From far off comes a sound as of falling waters, and with that—a deep murmurous voice, which seems to issue from The Figure's cowl. Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-11-12T03:00:36.860Z Teachers of teachers! yours the task, Noblest that noble minds can ask, High up Aonia's murmurous mount To watch, to guard the sacred fount That feeds the stream below. Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes 2011-11-01T02:00:25.563Z Throughout all the isle There was no covert, no retired cave Unhaunted by the murmurous noise of waves. Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature 2011-10-29T02:00:13.050Z On the black current, silent except for a murmurous rush of bubbles under the ice, the snowflakes melted instantly, myriads of them—hurrying, hurrying, hurrying; then, as they touched the water, gone. Dr. Lavendar's People 2011-10-13T02:00:52.167Z And yet, little heroine of a sad tale, I wonder whether you would not have drooped in London and spent long lonely evenings while the twilight stole in from the murmurous streets of the city. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z It was the first sunny May day of the year, murmurous with bees, and a sweet, warm smell from woods and cleared lands. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z He did not know that for many minutes she had stood on the dark landing listening to the murmurous voices, and that now she resented what seemed to her a deliberate evasion. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z Outside in the night there arose the low murmurous chanting of the town waits moving homeward. The ghosts of their ancestors 2011-08-08T02:00:20.667Z Through the rosy twilight, voices came over the water, murmurous sounds from the shore, cries from the sea mixed with the quaint oaths of fisherfolk at work. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z The oak above my head is a murmurous haunt of summer wings, and wood pigeons coo from the beeches. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z The trail led them down cathedral aisles to the bank of a murmurous stream. The Heart of Canyon Pass 2011-08-04T02:00:24.083Z Far out upon the Sound the night boat for Boston trudged along like a slow-winging firefly; and presently its wash swept inshore to rouse the beach below to sibilant and murmurous protest. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z The glade is lovely in summer, and pleasant in autumn, especially late in the day, when the shadows are growing long, and the stems of the murmurous elm-trees shine with western gold. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z The afternoon was rich in developments, and duly murmurous with theory, prophecy, speculation. Peccavi 2011-05-17T02:00:22.620Z Thou wilt mourn for him Who looketh now a moment on these stars, And in the moving boughs of this dark night Heareth the murmurous sorrow of thy heart. Colors of Life Poems and Songs and Sonnets 2011-05-09T02:00:03.610Z Wanderer am I, like the salmon of thy rivers; London is my ocean, murmurous and deep, Tossing and vast; yet through the roar of London Reaches me thy summons, calls me in sleep. The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z The dusky stillness of the room was murmurous with whispers, sighs, terms of endearment half smothered and all but inaudible. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z A whole population was idle in the Park, and it seemed, in the fierce calm of the sunlight, that of all the strenuous weekday vitality of the district only a murmurous hush remained. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z The murmurous rhythm of the surf sounded miles distant, and but rose to the faintest lulling sound, as I made a pillow of my worldly goods and sank into dreamless sleep. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z Everywhere turbulence and murmurous threatenings rumbled; and worse was to come. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z Outside, the placid silence was broken only by the murmurous buzzing of insects and the soft lapping of the tide upon the shingly sands. To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3 She gave herself into them with a gesture of abandonment, with a little sigh that escaped in broken measure, murmurous and fond. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z Somewhere far away sounded the faint inquiring woo-o-o of an owl and in the wet branches of a walnut tree a pigeon moved murmurously. The Valiants of Virginia In my ears are the magical murmurous surge-voices, to the lulling of which I have so often slept like a tired child. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z Pushing the broom up the chimney, he used it as one uses a ramrod, helping the murmurous Robert in his upward path. The Gay Adventure A Romance Unexcited by argument the talk rippled in murmurous contentment. Sinister Street, vol. 2 Love, birth, death, greed, ambition, all humanity's stress of thought and effort, were merged in a murmurous contentment of footfalls and faint-heard voices. Sinister Street, vol. 1 So grew her face severe as skies that take Dark forces of full storm, sound-shod, that shake With murmurous feet black hills, and stab with fire A pine some moaning forest mourns as sire. Accolon of Gaul with Other Poems With a long murmurous outcry the Twelfth began to climb the hill; and as they went and fell, they could hear frenzied shouts—"Kim up, the Kickers!" Last Words August dragged on with parched days, and cold twilights murmurous with the first rustle of autumn. Carnival From the street below fainter and fainter sounded their murmurous talk, until it died away, swallowed up in the nightly whisper of the city. Sinister Street, vol. 2 Then suddenly Stella stopped playing, and the enchantment was dispelled by murmurous praise and entering lamplight. Sinister Street, vol. 1 The old king serpent slowly lifted his head and with a deep murmurous hiss said: "Yes, it is time." The Shoemaker's Apron A Second Book of Czechoslovak Fairy Tales and Folk Tales The voices from the group outside came to him murmurously, and at intervals he would listen to the careless, bantering talk. Ewing\\'s Lady Sincerely happy, sincerely good, they were unable to understand any one not burning to feel at home in the whitewashed chapel which to them was an abode of murmurous peace. Carnival The voices in their ears were so strange and murmurous. Where the Pavement Ends From time to time this lonely human figure struck his instruments to test their pitch, and the low boom sounded hollowly above the murmurous audience. Sinister Street, vol. 1 At last a low, dull, murmurous buzz runs through the crowd. Thereby Hangs a Tale Volume One I have lain biting my cheeks many nights with ears murmurous with the songs of these strange men. A Pushcart at the Curb About the air of the warm, murmurous schoolroom hung the traditions of a dead system of education. Carnival It was still the forest, crystalline, murmurous—but now muted. Shock Treatment It was so absolutely alone, so naked of all that murmurous background which sustains yet obscures the individual sounds of earth's surface, that it served merely as an accent to the silence. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life Outside the lighted way arose strange sounds audible above even the purring of the motor—vast mysterious whisperings and rustlings: stealthy and murmurous protests against this startling trespass. The Destroying Angel So the bees go by in murmurous bands, Drowsily wand'ring to happier lands Where the lilies draggle the bank. Blooms of the Berry "To-day," thought Jenny, as, turning over in a radiancy of dreams and blushes and murmurous awakenings, she fell asleep for two more slow hours of a lover's absence. Carnival Someone cried softly, to the same murmurous rhythms of the crystalline forest. Shock Treatment The night breezes in low murmurous whispers swept lightly over the fragrant meadows. Weird Tales, Vol. II. And now, the seaweeds fit Her body, like a proper shroud and coif, And murmurously the ebbing waters grit The little pebbles while she lies interred In the sea-sand. The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume IV It grew and grew, became for a moment a harsh menacing, overwhelming screech, and then slowly subsided to the murmurous moaning that never ceased. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story Warm winds from palm-hung pleasances Came through the lattice bars With scents and murmurous harmonies; Like splintered scimitars The moonbeams through the banyan trees Gleamed under Indian stars. Ioläus The man that was a ghost There was a crackling of boughs in the old apple-trees, and from the ridge behind the house came the deep, soft, murmurous soughing of pines. The Side Of The Angels A Novel Then, as with a great murmurous rush, came the meaning of her grief. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865 Miss Ramsey, in a hollow voice: "I should despise you if you did, and"—deeply murmurous—"I don't wish to despise you." The Daughter of the Storage And Other Things in Prose and Verse And when Sally darted across and down the steps she found the lawns, the terrace, and the formal garden, too, peopled with paired shadows, murmurous with soft voices and low-pitched laughter. Nobody Again the stars and the sky were all, and there was no sound but the slight murmurous lipping of the slow swell against the edges of the planks. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877 The visitor repeated the hour murmurously and looked something dismayed. Dr. Sevier He pointed to where the lake's pebbled beach shelved downward to the tiny murmurous waves, a ten-foot stretch of ghostly white between the guarding fence and the water. The Bluff of the Hawk Think what those old trees could tell, if by laying your ear against their trunks you could understand the murmurous whisper inside, like secret voices behind a thick closed door! The Lightning Conductor Discovers America De Launay managed to get to his hands and knees, but over him surged and swept a murmurous, sweating, reeking crowd who struck and battered each other in the gloom. Louisiana Lou A Western Story She was astonishingly young, not only in appearance but in manner, and her vivacity—her quick smile, her agreeable murmurous laughter—deepened his sense of her charm. Otherwise Phyllis They brought their conversation to a murmurous close. Dr. Sevier Conversation became an exchange of confidences; laughter was soft and low; the murmurous blend of talk flowed unremarked, yet comforted the ear. Anthony Lyveden From the high bough of a distant maple came the frightened twitter of little birds, wakeful in the night, and the soft, murmurous voice of the brooding mother, soothing them. Master of the Vineyard Everywhere the darkness grew murmurous with sounds, vague as wind-blown voices; sweet as the call of children from some hill-top where the stars are very near, and the new moon's sickle flashes through the grass. Athalie She mentioned a number of them with murmurous glee and unmistakable admiration. Otherwise Phyllis My murmurous bees once took their rest, At shut of day, and knew no fear, In the trees whose trunks lie rotting here On the side of the ruined mountain. Conservation Reader Yet the haunt of murmurous memories dignified his unhappiness. Free Air If He assisted her to her feet, and led her to the boat, moored in shallows that made a murmurous singing all around it and upon the shore. Master of the Vineyard Golden Orient, sing, And fan me with thy murmurous painted vanes. The Masque of the Elements He was impatient to escape from this garden that Holton had spoken of as Kirkwood's graveyard; from this cheerful ghost beside him, with her low, musical voice and her murmurous laughter. Otherwise Phyllis Day after day nothing happens, then suddenly, some noon, it has scarcely been set on the ground when its blossoms stir, and it is murmurous with bees. Penguin Persons & Peppermints Myself, this lighted room, What are we but a murmurous pool of rain?... American Poetry, 1922 A Miscellany There was real witchery in the girl’s light, murmurous laugh. The Madness of May It was a hot bright day, murmurous with bees and the idle, half notes of midsummer birds. The Dark Tower The dripping oars at rest Their murmurous music wake, And ripple o'er the breast Of the peaceful river-lake. Indian Legends of Minnesota It was a gay morning, lacquered with sunshine; bustling breezes made young leaves of trees in the little Square murmurous. The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel Afar down the slope the bay waters lay like an inky strip and the distant, murmurous plaint of the sea came out of the stillness of the night; the lights at the Cove glimmered faintly. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 The new parsonage at Rosemary is nearer the church than the old,—but the old parsonage has more land, and its garden slopes gently downward to the little river, slipping murmurously away to the sea. Old Valentines A Love Story "Duty is not quite love," in her soft murmurous tone, touching his cheek caressingly. A Little Girl in Old Quebec He met within the murmurous vestibule His young disciple. Keats: Poems Published in 1820 Then, in the muffled hour, one, strange and gracious and sad, Moves from the phantom hearth, and, with infinite delicacies, Looses his lissome hands along the murmurous keys. Nights in London A murmurous babble of life buzzed about the hamlet, pierced through by the shrill undertones of the wrangling children, most of whom had paused in their play to scan the visitors with covert curiosity. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 The day was warm; the room was carefully darkened Miss Munnion sat holding her book close to a crack in the Venetian blind, reaching aloud in a subdued and murmurous voice. A Pair of Clogs She recovered; but just as the child was beginning to smile, and to express an approbation of life by murmurous gurglings, an infantile disease gripped it, held it, would not release it. The Folly Of Eustace 1896 Throughout all the isle There was no covert, no retired cave Unhaunted by the murmurous noise of waves,40 Though scarcely heard in many a green recess. Keats: Poems Published in 1820 Old Bernique called his little party to a halt at the bottommost dip of the Gulch, where a deep, clear and rock-bound spring wound murmurously over a rocky bed. Sally of Missouri The sun was beginning to set, and the rain of golden sunlight fell over them through the green ambrosial foliage of the tree, whose pale blossoms were still murmurous with bees. Eric, or Little by Little The peaceful repose of Paradise Court, the silence, which was only broken by a shriek from the parrot, and the murmurous coo of the pigeons outside, was indeed almost too complete. A Pair of Clogs Above the far, murmurous whisper of expected marine cerebration there rose an uncoordinated mishmash of thought from at least two strong and relatively complex intelligences. Traders Risk Scarcely a breath about the rocky stair Moved, but the growing tide from verge to verge, Heaving salt fragrance on the midnight air, Climbed with a murmurous and fitful surge. Alcyone Anchises ceased, and leads his son and the Sibyl likewise amid the assembled murmurous throng, and mounts a hillock whence he might scan all the long ranks and learn their countenances as they came. The Aeneid of Virgil When she awoke, a gentle, steady humming filled the air; a murmurous, musical sound that calmed every sense. In the Border Country The tall, straight flue of the chimney, like the deep diapason of an organ, is softly murmurous with the flurry of the swifts in their afternoon or vesper flight. My Studio Neighbors It was all very crowded and noisy till they reached the upper terrace of the Corso Vittorio; then the sounds became murmurous and pleasing. The Lure of the Mask They were walking beneath linden trees, fragrant, and filled with murmurous sound. The Long Roll A world of leafage murmurous and a-twinkle; The green, delicious plenitude of June; Love and laughter and song The blue day long Going to the same glad, golden tune— The same glad tune! Hawthorn and Lavender with Other Verses Up here on this giddy height a hot wind of the upper air is blowing, and a vibrating, murmurous throbbing pulsates through the building itself. Impressions of a War Correspondent What a storied fabric were this murmurous tangle woven day by day, could each one of these insect messengers, like the spider, leave its visible trail behind it! My Studio Neighbors From the open doorway of the ranch came the faint clink of glasses and the murmurous flow of voices. A Wounded Name A land where knee-deep cattle keep, Chewing as they stand; Of hillsides murmurous with sheep— That is my native land! The Village Wife's Lament Then the stir Of an awakened world swept through the crowd, As forest leaves are wind-swept after lulls, And, with the sense of a renewing joy, The murmurous people turned them to their homes. The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy As it is a murmurous and noisy city in comparison with those of Japan, so it is peaceful and quiet in comparison with Chicago or New York. Impressions of a War Correspondent Chained and starved in the dungeon grim, Day and night are alike to him; Save that the murmurous twilight air Stings his soul with a deeper despair. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy From the factions came The cry of voices shrilling woman-wise, The clash of stick on stick, the muffled shin, The sudden whistle, and the murmurous note Of mutual disaffection. Rhymes of the East and Re-collected Verses The ineffable consolation of its beauty stole upon him like the breath of its gardens, as it rose delicately from its sea station, murmurous like a shell with the whisper of joyous adventure. The Lovely Lady It was a wonderful voice, too, for its soft, purring, murmurous intonation began to have a curious effect on the brethren. My New Curate The deep, even breathing of dog and man formed a murmurous duet in the twilight stillness. The Great Amulet "No battle—and yet no army," repeated Decius, in a murmurous monotone, when, for a moment, there were silence and space around him. The Lion's Brood But gradually she heard what conquered all necessity of seeing,—heard a continuous murmurous sound that filled all the air and grew to be a sullen roar. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865 He was seated in a shaded corner of his garden, where the day was murmurous with the humming of bees, and the mingled sweetness of many flowers rose and fell in the air. The Lady Paramount Over these fields of garnered wheat came a breeze from the sea, with a tang of salt like a tonic mixture, and there was a murmurous sound on the air, a message from the tide. The Heather-Moon There was a burst of murmurous applause as he ended, which stilled immediately, as the Chief Justice began to deliver sentence. By What Authority? Do you know it, with its bright days and its soft nights, murmurous with voices? The Holladay Case A Tale Those dark and receding galleries, which had drawn the eyes of Charmian, were already crowded, alive with white moving faces, murmurous with voices. The Way of Ambition I have discovered a pretty bit of woods a mile west of Lucy's house, and an unexpected rustic seat built among a company of murmurous young pines beside a lake. The Fifth Wheel A Novel There was a dull murmurous commotion afar off, such as bees make when they are hiving. Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers Girlish voices, low and murmurous, fell upon his ear. An Apache Princess A Tale of the Indian Frontier The foot propelled the children into a murmurous drowsy heap. The Emigrant Trail Up from that far blueness drifted on the wind a murmurous sound like Æolian harps, mingled with the tinkle of fairy mandolins in the fountain of the court below. The Golden Silence But this old garden was always a favourite, for its unfailing sunshine, its murmurous repose, and the refreshing fragrance of its old-fashioned odours. The Late Miss Hollingford Part with a slender palm taborines beat merrily jangling; Now with a cymbal slim would a sharp shrill tinkle awaken; Often a trumpeter horn blew murmurous, hoarsely resounding. The Poems and Fragments of Catullus The morning wind had freshened a bit, and a low, murmurous song, nature's Æolian, came softly from the swaying pine and stunted oak and juniper far on high. An Apache Princess A Tale of the Indian Frontier For days they had been creeping up through defiles in the mountain wall, crawling along ledges with murmurous seas of pine below and the snow lying crisp in the hollows. The Emigrant Trail And the light winds that awoke blew murmurous music, so sharply and sweetly did that keen foliage divide the air. Alec Forbes of Howglen Brookfield burst into a laugh, and the laugh was echoed murmurously by the other men in the room. The Treasure of Heaven A Romance of Riches Couples wandered through the park across the street, their murmurous conversations clear on the whispering breeze that rattled the leaves. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town Mrs. Gordon, gliding with even pace, softly murmurous in her Sunday silk, followed her son, who walked with brave front, although he was undeniably pale, up the aisle to their pew. Madelon A Novel The men stopped their work, and the music of the murmurous boughs and the gliding water filled the silence. The Emigrant Trail Jack made a small murmurous sound as he finished. None Other Gods Rural delights! murmurous and gorgeous decorations! gardens thick with brier and rose! Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers The music and the babel of tongues had become murmurous and indistinct. Arms and the Woman The tireless hum of insects made murmurous music all about him. The Sheriff's Son Small secretive noises came from them as if minute confidences were passing from bough to bough, and through their murmurous undertone the drip of the spring fell with a thin, musical tinkle. The Emigrant Trail Beside the gilded harp she stood, And through the singing strings Wound those wan hands of folded prayer In murmurous preludings. The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 Sorrow and Consolation On either side the walls were murmurous with delicately quivering aspens and sighing pines. The Heart of the Desert Kut-Le of the Desert There was a small fountain, and the waters sang in a murmurous music. Arms and the Woman It was dark, ugly, smelly, the traction-engine, but it was what endowed the murmurous thresher with life. Secret Bread He caught her arm and ran, dragging her after him down the corridor, half-lighted, but murmurous with sound. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt Over a murmurous accompanying figure given out by violas, 'cellos, harp, and horn, a clarinet sings a variant of the Mélisande theme. Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande A Guide to the Opera with Musical Examples from the Score But once—it was a tranquil time, An evening half divine, When the low breeze like murmurous rhyme Sighed through the sunset fine. Our Boys Entertaining Stories by Popular Authors The quiet and warmth of the afternoon, unbroken to his accustomed ear, as it would be to a stranger, by the murmurous roll of London, made him sleepy. In Luck at Last And he perfected the picture that he desired her to see by the assurance he gave murmurously from the darkness of the open door. The Judge The whole valley was murmurous with subdued outcry, and a multitudinous lowing and bleating of the herds swept up, blown wildly by the hurricane. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt From the brown, weather worn sealskin tent came the murmurous sound of voices. The Eternal Maiden "Appoggiatevi a me" sighed a murmurous voice in her ear, with musical monotone. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864 Again came that deep murmurous "Ah!" and now it was full of anger and defiance. The Texan Star The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty He, too, lying upon his elbow before the pleasant fire, felt the influence of the music, so sweet, so murmurous, speaking so little of war. The Texan Scouts A Story of the Alamo and Goliad The murmurous wind did not soothe him, and the wakeful night had a terror for him that he could not outrun. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt The natives' voices arose murmurously, for they felt it was not well to offend the strangers. The Eternal Maiden "Poor boy!" she said in her murmurous way. Married Life The True Romance How you spoke in soft, seductive accents of wonderful lilacs, and exquisite spireas, and sweet syringas, murmurous with bees! How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers That modest and murmurous young lady sprang erect. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 Epigrams, On With the Dance, Negligible Tales So once more they rode together into the murmurous peace of the forest. Success A Novel The furniture was old and frayed as to upholstery, and the bric-à-brac on an old-fashioned what-not was faintly murmurous of some long-vanished feminine hand. A Hoosier Chronicle There was a stir in the front of the church, a clergyman in white vestment advanced; and, at a sudden murmurous interest, a twisting of heads, the wedding procession moved slowly up the aisle. The Three Black Pennys A Novel The world about me was alive with a murmurous humming. The Jervaise Comedy From Martha's room rose a deep rumble, as of a distant murmurous sea. Martha By-the-Day Spring was much more like Spring in these wooded hollows; the noise of bees in the blossom of the elms was murmurous as limes in June. The Altar Steps She was a murmurous person, whose speech was marked by a curious rising inflection, that turned most of her statements into interrogatories. A Hoosier Chronicle Silence, the silence murmurous and unquiet of a tropical night, brooded over the hut that, baked through by the sun, sweated a vapour beneath the cynical light of the stars. A Christmas Garland The jar and rumble of the grist-mill, and the trickle of the water on the wheel, made a murmurous accompaniment to all the other sounds of life about the place. Ruth Fielding in Moving Pictures Or, Helping the Dormitory Fund Her cheeks flushed while she talked, and, for the moment, she lost entirely her resemblance to Jane, who was never animated, though she made a perpetual murmurous sound. Life and Gabriella The Story of a Woman's Courage Blossoms drifting down, fleeing shadows, voices of wind and water, and all murmurous elfin life spoke to her. Audrey These moorland breezes—how redolent, how murmurous of what had been! Lancashire Idylls (1898) My way led now through the cocoanut-groves that day and night make the island murmurous with their rustling. White Shadows in the South Seas He filled the atmosphere with heaviness, and with a murmurous melody, like the melody of the drooping streams that hang their silver ribands over the hills of the far Lotus land. Flames The Tide flows and flows; Atlantic's loud charges Mix in murmurous close with the wash of the barges. A Celtic Psaltery The moon went down, and the music of the dance, the shuffle of feet on the puncheon floor, died away into that deep murmurous chant, the hymn of Nature in the forest. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873 The wash of the sea came murmurously through the September silence. Charles Rex His pipe went out while he gazed at the garden murmurous in the twilight. White Shadows in the South Seas She looped the reins about the mare's arched neck, started off, and, without so much as flicking her long tail, Queen Bess fell in behind, obedient to her cooing, murmurous calls. In Old Kentucky And on before, the causeway was utterly empty, dipping idly between murmurous green. Romance Island Close at his left was a steep, grassy bank, radiantly blue with violets, and there was in the shining air the murmurous hum of bees, making a slumbrous, restful music. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 2, January, 1896 The sea was breaking with a murmurous splashing; it was a night for dreams. Charles Rex While I admired these, noting their rich colors and soft, yet firm, texture, a murmurous rustle on the palm-thatched roof announced the coming of the rain. White Shadows in the South Seas But on that night of magic moonlight the only sound was the murmurous splash of the rising waves as they met the first grim rocks of the Point. The Tidal Wave and Other Stories But only many-winged colours were visible, though he could hear a sound like little murmurous speech in the dusky roof where the air had a recurrent fashion of whispering knowingly. Romance Island The sheik and his followers after a murmurous conference with the bey had galloped off; the police had turned towards their post and Hamdi had accompanied McLean to the nearest village and his waiting motor. The Fortieth Door In the stilly fields, in the stilly way, All secret shadows and mystic lights, Late lovers, murmurous, linger and gaze— Midsummer nights! The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour As when from far-off cloud-bergs springs A crag, and, hurtling under, From cliff to cliff the rumor flings, So she from flight-foreboding wings Shook out a murmurous thunder. The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell The thirteen fair, shepherded by Lionel Belmont, passed out into the murmurous summer night of the Strand. Tales of the Five Towns Some one answered the laugh, and he heard the murmurous touching of soft skirts entering the corridor as he dived down the ancient dark of one of the musty passages. Romance Island We pushed in with the jostling crowd, and even as I entered I could hear the murmurous chant of the Chorus Halls, borne hither-ward on the morning wind. The Certainty of a Future Life in Mars But yet more strange the nights of falling rain, That splashed without—a sea-coal fire within; Life's old things gone astern, the mind's disdain, For murmurous London makes soft rhythmic din. Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II. Grow, then, my foster-child, and strengthen, Bough over bough, a murmurous pile, And, as your stately stem shall lengthen, So may the statelier of Argyll! The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell "As a shell, man is murmurous with morality." Evelyn Innes The sound of murmurous, deep-toned bells, of bleating, of the movement of a multitude arose. The Rules of the Game But going forth that morn, and with his feet Threading the murmurous maze of street and street, All strangely fell upon him everywhere The things he saw and heard of foul or fair. The Poems of William Watson Father Piot, always white, gentle and murmurous, has shrunk a little; more and more he leans towards the tomb. Light There the legend takes root in the age-gathered gloom, And its murmurous boughs for their sagas find room. The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell She had gone out with him, and in some cloud-walled castle, murmurous with harmonies of quiring spheres, and gleaming with their radiance, they would dwell together. What Dreams May Come Dark and deep, the waters of the river rolled dreamily by, waiting for the impulse which should send the shallows singing to the sea, and stir the depths to a low, murmurous symphony. A Spinner in the Sun The auditorium shone with light; it grew murmurous with ecstatic approval. The Roll-Call Attalie's offers to explain were murmurously waved away by his wrinkled hand, and the four men followed her into the bedchamber. Strange True Stories of Louisiana From what far seas, What murmurous sands, What desolate beaches— Flotsam of those glories that were ships! Fires of Driftwood When she again spoke, it was in low, murmurous tones. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 63, January, 1863 A faint murmurous hum of bees was in the air, and a rich fruity fragrance came up from the purple clusters of blueberries which our horses crushed under foot at every step. Tent Life in Siberia He felt it about him, murmurous, pulsating, like the sound of surf borne from some far-off coast. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919 The sun was beginning to set, and the rain of golden sunlight fell over them through the green ambrosial foliage of the tree whose pale blossoms were still murmurous with bees. Eric Women's laughter, whispers, swift scampers of feet, squeals of dismay made the city murmurous. The Soul of the War She drew her mother through the doorway and they became murmurous in the parlour beyond. The Wrong Twin The city drew him deeper into its murmurous heart. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 She would emit a stream of sounds in the trance state—I can hardly call it speech, so murmurous, yet guttural, was the utterance, mixed with puffy breath-sounds at the languid lips. The Purple Cloud "A bed by night, a hard-wood floor by day," Ken misquoted murmurously. The Happy Venture In one of the silences, when the wood was very still and murmurous with humming insects, I heard a voice call. The Soul of the War "I expect that's the way it ought to be," he said, then drew upon his pipe for reflection, and became murmurous with the symptoms of melancholy laughter. Alice Adams I ceased speaking, and there was a slight murmurous sound in the room, as of wind long pent up in many lungs suddenly exhaled; while Runi, still unmoved, emitted a low grunt. Green Mansions: a romance of the tropical forest The hushed air was threaded with a murmurous refrain of minstrel winds and waves. Anne's House of Dreams The room was scarcely lit by the smoldering brands of the fire; its silence hardly stirred by the murmurous hissing of the logs. The Happy Venture They were for the most part silent, and when any sound came through the dusk from them to the officers at their fire, it was murmurous and fitful as of men speaking low and brokenly. The Burial of the Guns Valentine Corliss drew in his breath with a sound murmurous of delight, and for a time they did not speak. The Flirt A prolonged shout, the booming of cannon, an awful murmurous tumult, a sense of horror, of crash and conflict, answered the merciless, frenzied notes, and drowned them in the shrieks and curses they called for. Remember the Alamo I heard a low, murmurous sound, with a deal of contentment in it. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 59, September, 1862 From behind them came murmurous talk of ships--Ken and Martin discussing the Celestine and her kind, and the magic ports below the Line. The Happy Venture Sure enough, I heard the battle roar away into the forest and beyond until, little by little, it sank to a murmurous hum and died utterly away. Martin Conisby's Vengeance Abstractedly she watched the dancers for a few moments, commenting murmurously as a couple eddied near. The Beautiful and Damned She sat hunched up in her wraps, murmurously grumbling, and when Fong brought out lunch on a tray, ordered a glass of wine for her niece. Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California The night was dark and murmurous with a sibilant wind that sent the leaves drifting, softly clashing one with another. The Fortune Hunter The day wore on, wet and dreary outside, but all within the "Herald's" bosom was snug and busy and murmurous with the healthy thrum of life and prosperity renewed. The Gentleman from Indiana He ceased … and in the morning sky Zeus' anger threatened murmurously. Georgian Poetry 1916-17 Edited by Sir Edward Howard Marsh All through the night of the 7th a strange, murmurous clangor arose from the British camp, and was borne on the moist air to the lines of their slumbering foes. The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans The floor of heads broke as though upheaved by an earthquake, and the house rose, rustling and murmurous, and began crowding into the aisles. Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California At this gateway, however—through which appeared a courtyard aglow with oleanders and murmurous with running water—they were received with some state. Eleanor It was a lovely evening—orange and rosy lights reflected on the glassy river, willows stirred with a murmurous movement by faintest zephyrs—a wind no louder than a sigh. The Golden Calf It would live as long as he did, and it would always be murmurous with a tragic, wistful whispering. The Magnificent Ambersons The breeze, murmurous amongst the branches, set the leaves rustling like silk attire. The Heavenly Twins At dinner, soon after my arrival, amid the omnipresent murmurous palaver of conversation, there fell an unusual noise. The Subterranean Brotherhood The deep solitude of rest, the murmurous silence of woods at noon, these are as real in winter as when we are melting in June. Early Letters of George Wm. Curtis Saying which, he sighed again, and stared gloomily into the murmurous waters. The Geste of Duke Jocelyn For here in Oojni, wot you, are homes of men, and gardens, and golden temples of the gods, and sacred places inshore from the sea, and many murmurous woods. A Dreamer's Tales The hotel in Liverpool swarmed and buzzed with busy and murmurous American arrivals. Seven English Cities Again the stars and the sky were all, and there was no sound but the slight murmurous lipping of the low swell against the edges of the planks. The Marquis of Lossie The memory of Markue's party lingered like the last vanishing odor of his incense; there was a confused vision of the murmurous room against the lighted exterior where the drinks sparkled on a table. Linda Condon And suddenly I heard it, a low, murmurous cry, unutterably doleful. Peregrine's Progress In a few moments she pressed the doctor's arm, and instantly the murmurous, bubbling hum of the battery began. Dr. Heidenhoff's Process And through all the air a humming—vast, murmurous, swelling—as the mountain breeze touched simultaneously with strong hand the chords, not of one, but a thousand pine harps. The Claim Jumpers And that is why, standing on this round knoll, beneath the merrily-rustling cherry-trees, and listening to the murmurous song, I heard my boyhood speak to me, and felt again the old breath on my brow. The Last of the Foresters Or, Humors on the Border; A story of the Old Virginia Frontier Upon the hob a kettle sang murmurously, and on a trivet stood a plate whereon rose a tower of toasted muffins. The Money Moon A Romance They left the Colonel dreamily, murmurously happy in a chair at the end of the City Hotel bar. The Boss of Little Arcady And presently as he went, a sound stole upon the stillness, a sound soft and beyond all things pleasant to hear, the murmurous ripple of running water near by. Beltane the Smith Suddenly, far down beneath me, I seemed to hear a murmurous noise of Swine-laughter. The House on the Borderland She asked him, in a murmurous warmth, if he liked her, at all. Cytherea And, with a soft, murmurous sigh, she gave herself into his embrace. The Money Moon A Romance And tender clouds, and veils of morning mist Cast flying shadows, chased by flying light, Into interminable wildernesses, Flushed with fresh blooms, deep perfumed by the rose, And murmurous with flower-fed bird and bee. Tecumseh : a Drama Now presently, as he sat thus, upon the silence stole a sound, low and murmurous, that rose and fell yet never quite died away. Beltane the Smith At the same moment, I became conscious of a murmurous roar, that grew louder, and filled the whole cavern with deafening sound. The House on the Borderland Come down where the young leaves whisper low, While the breeze steals in with a murmurous flow, And the tender branches wave to and fro In the soft air all day long! Poems of the Heart and Home The night, pressing black against the windows, was full of the murmurous silence of the rain and the soft advancing crash of the incoming tide; the man and woman were silent, too. The Iron Woman Through the low window, betwixt the leaves of the many plants that shaded it, he could see the sun shining hot upon the bare street; but inside was soft gloom filled with murmurous sound. Warlock o' Glenwarlock He is a handsome large creature, with snowy white decorations, and is a singer; he has a murmurous rich note that is lovely. Following the Equator, Part 3 As I did so, the cellar became filled with the sound of a murmurous thunder, that rose from far below. The House on the Borderland The discovery of it makes the river sing with gladness and turns the murmurous deeps to living water, bright with ripples and foam. Old Rose and Silver Out from between the marble columns of her doorway, out from under the twisted garland of wistaria murmurous with bees, down the curving steps, along the path to the crowded, curious sidewalk, she came. The Iron Woman Overhead the lacing leaves made a green, murmurous roof. The Story Girl She moved away to the other side of the shop, to Samuel's desk, at which he used to stand, staring absently out of the little window into King Street while murmurously casting figures. The Old Wives' Tale We did not like to applaud at this, but we made a subdued drumming with our heels, and uttered a sort of murmurous assent to a noble and far from obvious proposition. At Large Sparkling fountains rose and fell in huge stone basins carved with many a quaint design, and their cool murmurous splash refreshed the burning silence of the hottest summer air. Vendetta: a story of one forgotten A lift carried her to the topmost, or all but topmost, storey of the vast hotel, swarming, murmurous. The Whirlpool Somehow, he rather disliked asking for Molly to prolong her visit; so he determined to swallow his bitter first, and then take the pleasure of the delicious day, the sweet repose, the murmurous, scented air. Wives and Daughters Her fear, and Constance's, that the town would be murmurous with gossip was ludicrously unfounded. The Old Wives' Tale Go to, man!"—and the rough voice of Nero sounded harshly above the murmurous din—"The world was never the worse for one woman the less! The Life Everlasting; a reality of romance He had felt a subtle, dark, and murmurous presence penetrate his being and fire him with a brief iniquitous lust: it, too, had slipped beyond his grasp leaving his mind lucid and indifferent. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Such a spring is said to have gushed from the foot of the great oak at Dodona, and from its murmurous flow the priestess drew oracles. The Golden Bough Nay, the merry town had changed beyond all credence; it was hushed like a sick-room, and dolefully murmurous with forebodings of farewell and sorrow. The Two Vanrevels Their cradle had been rocked to the murmurous roar of London traffic. Now It Can Be Told In rich Virginian woods, The scarlet creeper reddens over graves, Among the solemn trees enlooped with vines; Heroic spirits haunt the solitudes,— The noble souls of half a million braves, Amid the murmurous pines. The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 1 He told himself calmly that those words had absolutely no sense which had seemed to rise murmurously from the dark. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Once its murmurous swell had closed over them, the mule-deer would have his own way with the Pot Hunter. Defenders of Democracy; contributions from representative men and women of letters and other arts from our allies and our own country, edited by the Gift book committee of the Militia of Mercy We came out into the cold, nervous night, murmurous with obscure armies on the move, electric with patrols. Ten Days That Shook the World The murmurous current of that melody was like the night itself, sighing, throbbing, languorously soft. The Patrician And Stephen's self, feeling the magnetic currents of that ebb-tide drawing it down into murmurous slumber, out beyond the sand-bars of individuality and class, threw up its little hands and began to cry for help. Fraternity He felt some dark presence moving irresistibly upon him from the darkness, a presence subtle and murmurous as a flood filling him wholly with itself. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man They were low, faint, murmurous sounds, for the lips were nearly at rest. Robert Falconer Bees were murmurous among her flowers, pigeons murmurous among the trees; the sunlight warmed her knees, and her stretched-out feet through the openwork of her stockings. Beyond And yet after listening one seemed to hear a singular murmurous note, a pulsation, as if the crowd made noise by its mere living, a mellow hum of the eternal strife. Active Service The students are working in these murmurous classrooms with a new seriousness and a devotion which disregard all petty inconveniences and obstacles. The Story of Wellesley The sound was of a murmurous character, soft, attractive, persuasive, friendly. The Marble Faun - Volume 2 The Romance of Monte Beni A murmurous sound came up from its shore. Robert Falconer Dewdrops twinkled in the grass and hung glistening from every leaf and twig, and beyond all was the sheen of the murmurous river. My Lady Caprice This poor song that sings of thee, This fragile song, is but a curled Shell outgathered from thy sea, And murmurous still of its nativity. Sister Songs; an offering to two sisters The moon shone like silvery foam here and there on the rugged bole, and a little rush of wind went through the top with a murmurous sound as of water falling softly into water. Lilith, a romance I was walking in a meadow of Paradise When I heard a singing Far away and sweet Like a Roman harp, Sweet and murmurous Like the wind, Far and soft Like the fir trees. Poems By a Little Girl Under the pines, generally so murmurous, there was something almost gruesome in the blank stillness: a suspension so absolute that the ears felt dull and sealed. Where the Blue Begins Then we turned from the murmurous forest-land, And rode over shingle and silver sand, For so fair was the earth in the golden autumn, That we sought no farther for Fairyland. An Anthology of Australian Verse Are thy blind repetitions of high things The murmurous gnats whose aimless hoverings Reveal song's summer in the air; The outstretched hand, which cannot thought declare, Yet is thought's harbinger. Sister Songs; an offering to two sisters The directors came forth, flushed and murmurous, and Gurney hastened in. The Turmoil, a novel Smitten with singing from thy mother's east, And murmurous with music not their own: Nay, the lips flexile, while the mind alone A passionless statue stands. Sister Songs; an offering to two sisters Passing his father's closed door on tiptoe, Bibbs heard a murmurous sound, and paused to listen. The Turmoil, a novel And when I turn into my street I hear in murmurous retreat A tide of noises flowing out — The city ebbing from my feet! An Anthology of Australian Verse |
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