A complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone.
Make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath.
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Examples for "murmur "
Examples for "murmur "
1 The second thing made everyone murmur with surprise, and then with hope.
2 Aunt Celia got in without a murmur ; I sneaked in after her.
3 The audience gave Austria credit for that much in a short murmur .
4 And in the north the ominous murmur had become a rhythmic roar.
5 Unfortunately the rest of the phrase was lost in an indistinct murmur .
1 But what?' He added, muttering to himself, 'Oleg's notes held no hints...'
2 He was muttering to himself, saying: 'This is Mathew going down stairs.
3 He could hear his friends shuffling along behind him, sometimes muttering something.
4 The trainees showed great focus as they moved their mouths, muttering quietly.
5 Sahwah was tossing on the bed and muttering when they came in.
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.
1 Natural grumbling among the troops was repeated and exaggerated in the North.
2 Thus was the Drum-Horse of the White Hussars buried; the Farrier-Sergeant grumbling .
3 The evening was passed in grumbling : everybody was in a bad humour.
4 It's possible those high standards have led to some of the grumbling .
5 Antipater's grumbling was as good as an admission that I was right.
1 We grumble about our politics, but politicians across the world behave badly.
2 Over the low grumble of the engine he heard hammers at work.
3 In fact, she used to complain and grumble while she was there.
4 I've heard you grumble about your father on more than one occasion.
5 That made Bat grunt and grumble and wriggle; and finally uncover, too.
1 The birds performed their spectacular murmuration at the Minsmere reserve in Suffolk.
2 She raised one hand, waved slightly, and a murmuration of botflies swarmed above them.
3 Even on a misty and damp afternoon, a starling murmuration is an extraordinary sight.
4 Their winter murmuration takes place over reedbeds established to treat water from old mine workings.
5 Photographer Bill Newsinger of Leicestershire caught this impressive footage of a starling murmuration last week.
Talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice.
1 This was a constant background mutter through his great days at Barcelona.
2 Jondrette found time to mutter in the ear of his eldest daughter:-
3 Most, however, remained to glare and frown and mutter curses at us.
4 The first time the U2 singer was mentioned, there was a mutter .
5 The drums began to mutter , Bakahenzie cried out in a loud voice:
6 I hear him mutter ; he often mutters so when he is alone.
7 And further away to the west they heard the same sinister mutter .
8 Adam's foot brushed against something and he heard someone gulp and mutter .
9 He continued to mutter , having some fierce debate with an imaginary foe.
10 He was heard to mutter something to himself; then he came back.
11 For a minute or two he continued to mutter ; then he dozed.
12 As before, Sloan shifted in place, and Eragon heard him mutter , .
13 Within half an hour it was just a mutter on the horizon.
14 So she gave in with never a mutter that Angus could hear.
15 Esther had perchance heard Robin mutter these numbers in his troubled sleep.
16 As Harry galloped back the mutter of the cannon grew into thunder.
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