murmur
/ˈmɝ.mɚ/ verb C2- To speak or make low, indistinguishable noise; to mumble, mutter. · I couldn't hear the words; he just murmured a lot.· The bees murmured in the forest. The waves murmured on the shore.
- To say (something) indistinctly, to mutter.
He/she/it murmurs · Past murmured · Past participle murmured · -ing form murmuring
Verb forms
- Base form
- murmur
- He/she/it
- murmurs
- Past
- murmured
- Past participle
- murmured
- -ing form
- murmuring
From the library
“Hope!” faintly murmured Fernand, but the word seemed to die away on his pale agitated lips, and a convulsive spasm passed over his countenance.
“The hypocrite!” murmured Danglars.
A little way off was a small brook, rushing and sparkling along between green banks, and murmuring in a voice very grateful to a little girl who had lived so long on the dry, gray prairies.
“Oh, mother!” murmured Renée.
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