"background" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- She had to raise her voice above a rising background murmur.
- Reaching over to the computer link, Selar muted the music to a background murmur.
- Out of the background murmur, she heard a high-pitched twittering.
- The background murmurs of the excited men added to my numb state.
- The noise level had dropped to a background murmur.
- At first Sam's voice was a constant background murmur, and then she fell silent for so long that it drew his attention.
- There was a background murmur, but no one spoke up.
- And he could hear the background murmur of traffic from the boulevard a kilometer or so away.
- Engines sounded everywhere in the quiet of the streets, a background murmur.
- The words melted into a background murmur as he went down the hall.
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