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as in whine
an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment
finished the tedious job without a murmur
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2
as in muttering
speech that is not clear enough to be understood
could just barely hear the murmurs of the audience
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as in to complain
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely
no prisoner dared murmur out loud
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as in to mutter
to speak softly and unclearly
a college professor who tends to murmur
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Morgan Korn, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2024
It’s usually only detected early when it’s caused by an abnormal valve from birth and manifests as a heart murmur.
—Rachel Murphy, Verywell Health, 13 Aug. 2024
Nick Frisch, Foreign Affairs, 16 May 2024
His camera luxuriates in the convent’s ancient walls, the murmuring shadows, the pitch-black backgrounds with occasional shocks of color, with sister Cecilia seeming more and more timeless (and helpless) against it all.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 22 Mar. 2024
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Noun
Some insiders worry the recent stock market turmoil and murmurs of a potential recession may have convinced interested buyers to wait out the uncertainty.
—Morgan Korn, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2024
It’s usually only detected early when it’s caused by an abnormal valve from birth and manifests as a heart murmur.
—Rachel Murphy, Verywell Health, 13 Aug. 2024
Verb
Some party insiders murmured that Lai might be stronger presidential timber than Tsai, then the party’s chairwoman, who had never lived or worked in the south of the island.
—Nick Frisch, Foreign Affairs, 16 May 2024
His camera luxuriates in the convent’s ancient walls, the murmuring shadows, the pitch-black backgrounds with occasional shocks of color, with sister Cecilia seeming more and more timeless (and helpless) against it all.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 22 Mar. 2024
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“Murmur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/murmur. Accessed 15 Sep. 2024.
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