Sentence examples for a murmur of protest from inspiring English sources

A murmur of protest rippled across the ballroom.

He signed the cruel Immigration Act of 1996 into law without a murmur of protest.

The Dutch exchanged their ancient currency, the guilder, for the euro with scarcely a murmur of protest.

TransCanada's prior oil pipeline into the United States — smaller than Keystone XL, but not small by any stretch of the imagination — had elicited barely a murmur of protest.

(On the last of these, note how news of an 11% increase in Prince Charles's funding from the taxpayer triggered barely a murmur of protest).

After all, their Scottish counterparts hardly offered a murmur of protest when the government said earlier this year that a "right of responsible access" should be enshrined in law.Arguably, Scottish landowners had particular cause to be aggrieved.

That was accepted with barely a murmur of dissent.

Yet the repressive legal armoury in France prompted barely a murmur of liberal protest even before the London bombings.

"What really makes me angry is how £30bn was given to London for Crossrail without a flicker or murmur of protest, but when it comes to northern transport projects you get people saying 'oh is it really worth it?' "I understand of course that London is the capital, but if you look at the imbalance in spending across the country it's completely unfair.

A murmur of warning.

There was a murmur of assent.