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Meanings of murmuring in English

Catalan
murmuri
Spanish
rumor

A complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone.

      murmuri

      Making a low continuous indistinct sound.

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            Usage of murmuring in English
            1
            We've seen continued positive murmuring on the trade negotiations in recent days.
            Reuters
            2
            Hooper at my side, fidgeting nervously, murmuring, ''Are you sure about this?''
            English passengers
            3
            The answer came in the murmuring of the stream at my feet.
            A Journey into the Interior of the Earth
            4
            He was moving restlessly in his sleep; he was murmuring her name.
            The Lane That Had No Turning, Volume 1
            5
            He admired the trees, and the meadows, and murmuring streams in poetry.
            Charles Lamb: A Memoir
            6
            Even like the murmuring of fountains in a parched and sandy desert.
            Philothea: A Grecian Romance
            7
            Still his bravery and self-command prevented anything in the nature of murmuring.
            Deerfoot in The Mountains
            8
            The night had grown still except for the murmuring of the men.
            The Desert of Wheat
            9
            They seemed to be murmuring in his ear most of the time.
            At the Back of the North Wind
            10
            We can see this clearly in another murmuring recorded in Numbers 21.
            Lord, change my attitude: before its too late
            11
            Such is the mystic voice which is always murmuring in his ears.
            Crito
            12
            A straight road cut the landscape in two along its murmuring front.
            France at War: On the Frontier of Civilization
            13
            I could already hear their murmuring laughter as they came towards me.
            The Time Machine & The War of the Worlds
            14
            But he bowed urbanely, washing his hands in the air, and murmuring:
            St. Martin's Summer
            15
            Gervaise contented herself with continually murmuring in a low tone of voice:
            L'Assommoir
            16
            All of them are set against that wide, murmuring landscape of loss.
            The best early stories of f. scott fitzgerald
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            Translations for murmuring
            Spanish
            rumor
            Murmuring through the time
            Murmuring across language varieties
            United Kingdom
            Common
            United States of America
            Common