He could hear only a hubbub of talk,random phrases without meaning.

"You are making quite a hubbub about nothing.

At the same instant there broke out immediately below them a hubbub of yelling and baying that was like the shrieking of a hundred demons.

This brought a hubbub of applause and merriment, and the ladies backed away from the charmed circle and giggled and talked gayly among themselves.

Almost instantly burst out a hubbub of excited voices, there was a rattle of sandalled feet on shingle and a sound of men running hard.

There they found a great hubbub of merriment.

Windows were hastily thrown open, and presently numerous footsteps approached the scene of growing hubbub.

Dubois, born in the very lowest position, and endowed with a soul worthy of his origin, was "a little, lean man, wire-drawn, with a light colored wig, the look of a weasel, a clever expression," says St. Simon, who detested him; "all vices struggled within him for the mastery; they kept up a constant hubbub and strife together.

The voice of the usher, crying "Silence, gentlemen," had succeeded in overcoming the hubbub.

" This assertion produced such a hubbub as sent the Doctor growling from the room, and left Signora Martina at liberty to comply with the general petition for the story.

Once before, in November, a bear, having smelled the dogs, had ventured on board at midnight: but then there had resulted a perfect hubbub among the dogs.

Thousands of them were running about among their dwellings when Dick first beheld them; but the moment they caught sight of the horsemen rising over the ridge they set up a tremendous hubbub of consternation.

Up from the road sounded a hubbub of voices, the tramp of feet, and loud halloos.

The Master (Dr Wordsworth, appointed in the beginning of the summer on the death of Dr Mansell, and to whom I had been indirectly introduced by Mrs Clarkson) and Tutors and Deans tried in vain to stop the hubbub.

And all at once, there arose a great hubbub, and an outcry in the King's palace.

The inhabitants of the town, old men, women and children, stand to watch the hubbub, with amused friendly faces.

But the Lord hath had mercy on thee, and will take away from thee the mammon whereby thou hast been deceived; and for thy sake I rejoice in thy coming downfall' Here there began a mighty hubbub in the place.