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murmuring::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | susurrant, whispering |
like murmuring waves.
murmuring::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | murmur, murmuration, mussitation, mutter, muttering |
| Type of | sound |
| Derivation | murmur |
Examples of murmuring
murmuring
Voices may be heard murmuring their name and they may engage in magical rituals.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
Among the right-wing of that policy elite, the murmuring was especially nervous.
From the cnn.com
She stood still, murmuring words quietly until the door disappeared once again.
From the dispatch.com
Before dawn Republican politicians had begun murmuring that Kerry should concede.
From the edition.cnn.com
We expect Poussins to inhabit a zone of studious murmuring and fusty hauteur.
From the guardian.co.uk
I saw one monk using a digital camera, another murmuring into a mobile phone.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Chiquita nuzzles her benefactor's neck, murmuring her gratitude into his ear.
From the guardian.co.uk
Jeremy Corbett is leaning low over the cafe table, murmuring into my tape recorder.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Incidental music and recorded hushed French murmuring add to the atmosphere.
From the thestate.com
- Mutter: a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
- Making a low continuous indistinct sound; "like murmuring waves"; "susurrant voices"
- Grumble: a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone
- (murmur) speak softly or indistinctly; "She murmured softly to the baby in her arms"
- (murmur) make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath; "she grumbles when she feels overworked"
- Murmur vowel: a schwa that is incidental to the pronunciation of a consonant
- Breathy voice (also called murmured voice, soughing, or susurration) is a phonation in which the vocal cords vibrate, as they do in normal (modal) voicing, but are held further apart, so that a larger volume of air escapes between them. This produces an audible noise. ...
- (Murmur (album)) Murmur is the debut album by the American alternative rock band R.E.M., released in 1983 on I.R.S. Records. ...
- (Murmur (band)) Murmur is an acoustic drone ensemble from New Orleans who play tone/space improvisations based on a single note. ...
