Yes, you would say, when they finally picked up the phone and let you soak up the background din of a very full establishment.

Simple tasks - like listening to a dinner companion over the background din in restaurants, or pushing one's way onto a crowded subway car - can become agonizing.

In a booming voice amplified through the intercom above the background din of the refugees, Tasia explained what they were going to do.

Bellowed words from speaker boxes were fractured into gibberish by the background din.

A hail on the priority channel cut Garth's protestations off-Janille's voice, shouting to make herself heard above a background din.

The excursion was quick and with a minimum of explanation, accompanied by the constant background din of the dosimeters carried by most visitors.

The servant Rinson was moving forward, toward the very group Timper meant to confront, and once he had followed and gotten near enough, their words separated from the background din.

Their conversation faded into the background din of man and nature, who keep changing each other and making noise while doing so.

At a table near the port side of the bar, three men seemed to be raising their voices a bit louder than the usual background din, but not enough to blank Kamus.

Candidates' voices blur and blend, and turn into background din.