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Meanings of murmuring in English
A complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone.
Usage of murmuring in English
1
We've seen continued positive murmuring on the trade negotiations in recent days.
2
Hooper at my side, fidgeting nervously, murmuring, ''Are you sure about this?''
3
The answer came in the murmuring of the stream at my feet.
4
He was moving restlessly in his sleep; he was murmuring her name.
5
He admired the trees, and the meadows, and murmuring streams in poetry.
6
Even like the murmuring of fountains in a parched and sandy desert.
7
Still his bravery and self-command prevented anything in the nature of murmuring.
8
The night had grown still except for the murmuring of the men.
9
They seemed to be murmuring in his ear most of the time.
10
We can see this clearly in another murmuring recorded in Numbers 21.
11
Such is the mystic voice which is always murmuring in his ears.
12
A straight road cut the landscape in two along its murmuring front.
13
I could already hear their murmuring laughter as they came towards me.
14
But he bowed urbanely, washing his hands in the air, and murmuring:
15
Gervaise contented herself with continually murmuring in a low tone of voice:
16
All of them are set against that wide, murmuring landscape of loss.
About this term
Frequent collocations
Murmuring through the time
Murmuring across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common