While darkness had descended the town was now a hubbub of activity.
He was prepared to face the death which he expected; but his courage, a rare quality at that time, won the day, and the hubbub subsided in cries of "Let Gregoire have his way!"
Several wounded men passed along the road, and words of abuse, screams, and groans mingled in a general hubbub, then the firing died down.
Ideal for a gentle stroll with little ones to escape the town hubbub.
After Palmerston's enforced resignation, there was a new and more absurd hubbub.