susurrus

noun

1. (literary)A whispering or rustling sound; a murmur.

   “[Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi was] pelted with buckets of water by firemen, and, finally, currycombed and rubbed down by two grooms, keeping a sharp susurrus between them, so as to soothe his wounded feelings; […]”

   “The soft susurrus and sighs of the branches.”

   “They heard the Green Fork before they saw it, an endless susurrus, like the growl of some great beast.”

   “I sipped at a drink and smoked cigarettes in a silence so profound that I could hear the susurrus of the blindfold's soft fabric rustle and slip between my fingers.”

   “I walked steadily toward the pennant pole amid a sea of susurrus murmurings.”