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Meanings of murmuration in English
Synonyms
Examples for "murmur"
Examples for "murmur"
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The second thing made everyone murmur with surprise, and then with hope.
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Aunt Celia got in without a murmur; I sneaked in after her.
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The audience gave Austria credit for that much in a short murmur.
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And in the north the ominous murmur had become a rhythmic roar.
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Unfortunately the rest of the phrase was lost in an indistinct murmur.
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But what?' He added, muttering to himself, 'Oleg's notes held no hints...'
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He was muttering to himself, saying: 'This is Mathew going down stairs.
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He could hear his friends shuffling along behind him, sometimes muttering something.
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The trainees showed great focus as they moved their mouths, muttering quietly.
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Sahwah was tossing on the bed and muttering when they came in.
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We've seen continued positive murmuring on the trade negotiations in recent days.
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Hooper at my side, fidgeting nervously, murmuring, ''Are you sure about this?''
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The answer came in the murmuring of the stream at my feet.
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He was moving restlessly in his sleep; he was murmuring her name.
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He admired the trees, and the meadows, and murmuring streams in poetry.
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This was a constant background mutter through his great days at Barcelona.
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Jondrette found time to mutter in the ear of his eldest daughter:-
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Most, however, remained to glare and frown and mutter curses at us.
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The first time the U2 singer was mentioned, there was a mutter.
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The drums began to mutter, Bakahenzie cried out in a loud voice:
Usage of murmuration in English
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The birds performed their spectacular murmuration at the Minsmere reserve in Suffolk.
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She raised one hand, waved slightly, and a murmuration of botflies swarmed above them.
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Even on a misty and damp afternoon, a starling murmuration is an extraordinary sight.
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Their winter murmuration takes place over reedbeds established to treat water from old mine workings.
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Photographer Bill Newsinger of Leicestershire caught this impressive footage of a starling murmuration last week.
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You've probably seen video of starlings forming a murmuration, a great shifting blob of thousands upon thousands of birds.
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Tens of thousands of starlings took to the air in spectacular murmuration caused by the threat of a sparrowhawk.
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A murmuration of starlings is a breathtaking sight, with thousands of birds moving in harmony, almost filling the skies.
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That restless murmuration, and the width of the night with its scattered stars, seemed to come rushing at his face.
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Don't just set up a squad around you, but move simultaneously, as a murmuration of female empowerment, an army of solidarity.
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It is a kind of realist hallucination, although I should say the starling murmuration sequence is now in danger of becoming a cliche.
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Migrating starlings are seen as they rest on a fence before murmuration in the sky near the village of Beit Kama in southern Israel.
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There seemed in all this white murmuration to be millions of tiny hands stretching out to me, millions of whispering voices, of wistful eyes.
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Thousands of starlings fly in a 'murmuration' as they return to roost at dusk near Glastonbury in Somerset, south west England, January 15, 2015.
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Spectacular murmurations of starlings have been impressing birdwatchers on both sides of the Border.
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The murmurations are one of the wonders of nature, but they are becoming increasingly rare.
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Murmuration through the time