as in muttered
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as in complained
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely
no prisoner dared murmur out loud
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as in mumbled
to speak softly and unclearly
a college professor who tends to murmur
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Recent Examples of murmured
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
16 Apr. 2026
Ludwig murmured, the mist outside the window mostly covering the mountain.
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Kendra Atleework,
Longreads,
12 Mar. 2026
Meyers bent his head and murmured to Bria.
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CBS News,
6 Mar. 2026
Deep breathing could be heard; birds chirped loudly outside; spectators murmured on the periphery.
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Sarah Larson,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
No photograph could catch the smell drifting from the nearby military barracks and Indian camps; capture the murmured swirl of French, English, Arapaho, and Lakota; or let a viewer feel the colliding anxieties and expectations that hung heavy over negotiations like this.
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Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
Verb
True to form, the Boards of Canada resurrection has murmured to life so quietly that only the most obsessive of code breakers twigged it early on.
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Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
16 Apr. 2026
Ludwig murmured, the mist outside the window mostly covering the mountain.
—
Kendra Atleework,
Longreads,
12 Mar. 2026
Meyers bent his head and murmured to Bria.
—
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2026
Deep breathing could be heard; birds chirped loudly outside; spectators murmured on the periphery.
—
Sarah Larson,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for murmured
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Often made by anonymous rappers and producers with a monkish dedication to their craft, this isn’t rap for the live show but for the headphones, music where every muttered word and barely-there snare matters.
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By early 1775, Quebec’s governor complained that this letter was stirring up the population by planting dangerous doubts about British imperial authority.
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Smith has long complained that Carney’s predecessor, Justin Trudeau, hindered the province’s energy industry and fueled separatist sentiment.
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This succession was muddied thanks to the meddling of the King’s Hand, Otto Hightower, and the king’s own mumbled words on his deathbed to his wife, Alicent.
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Claiborne mumbled his responses to questions.
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For many leaders, the phrase conjures up whispered alliances, opportunistic loyalty, self-interested maneuvering and the slow poisoning of organizational culture.
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Thompson screamed at the MTA worker before grabbing her and slashing on the left side of her nose, just below her eye, according to prosecutors.
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Ghosn’s name screamed out by shareholder As Nissan executives attempted to reassure investors that the company's latest turnaround plan would restore profitability, frustration boiled over inside the meeting hall.
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This blend of styles is not only about presenting contrasts—clean versus shouted vocals, melodic versus dissonant riffs, headbanging versus moshing—but also preserving the murky in-between that only elevates the extreme.
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Coach Arne Slot moaned about VAR but his problems lie much closer to home.
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Critics moaned when the CFP committee picked the Hurricanes over Notre Dame as the last Power 4 entry into the playoffs.
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His wraparound, tight-quarters assist on a Keshad Johnson dunk in the second half breathed fire into the lungs of the home crowd.
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“Murmured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/murmured. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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