1.   As usual, after the first appreciative murmurs, we sat and ate our meal in silence.

2.   There was an appreciative murmur from the listeners.

3.   Each time an order comes out of the kitchen, appreciative murmurs of oohs and ahs rise from the diners, most of them Latinos.

4.   I reasoned, imagining the appreciative murmur as Aunt Irene took her seat in church clutching the spotted bag.