A complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone.
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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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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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Natural grumbling among the troops was repeated and exaggerated in the North.
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Thus was the Drum-Horse of the White Hussars buried; the Farrier-Sergeant grumbling.
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The evening was passed in grumbling: everybody was in a bad humour.
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It's possible those high standards have led to some of the grumbling.
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Antipater's grumbling was as good as an admission that I was right.
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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:
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We grumble about our politics, but politicians across the world behave badly.
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Over the low grumble of the engine he heard hammers at work.
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In fact, she used to complain and grumble while she was there.
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I've heard you grumble about your father on more than one occasion.
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That made Bat grunt and grumble and wriggle; and finally uncover, too.
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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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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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Down below, somewhere in the darkness, the people are muttering and storming.
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The day was waning, and the muttering of the city continued outside.
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Grymlis muttered again, and this time he heard names in the muttering.
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Up the stairs came the sound of footsteps and of muttering voices.
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As he went down the passageway, he heard the muttering behind him.
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And therewith across the muttering thunder came a wail of the ghost-music.
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He ran to Bart and crouched beside him, muttering; and Byrne heard.
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He paced the length of the room and back, mouthing and muttering.
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Through the long afternoon he sat on the log muttering and smiling.
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The rapidly-muttering tones broke out again instantly-butnot in answer to Emily.
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An SQ officer came into view, wrestling back branches and muttering audibly.
