'It was succeeded by a breathless pause, as Mrs. Cratchit, looking slowly all along the carving-knife, prepared to plunge it in the breast; but when she did, and when the long expected gush of stuffing issued forth, one murmur of delight arose all round the board.' In this sentence, 'plunge', 'gush' and 'murmur' are examples of which type of imagery?

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'It was succeeded by a breathless pause, as Mrs. Cratchit, looking slowly all along the carving-knife, prepared to plunge it in the breast; but when she did, and when the long expected gush of stuffing issued forth, one murmur of delight arose all round the board.' In this sentence, 'plunge', 'gush' and 'murmur' are examples of which type of imagery?