Noun the murmur of the crowd The suggestion brought murmurs of disapproval. He spoke in a murmur. They spoke to each other in murmurs. the murmur of the waves along the shore Verb He murmured something about having to get home. “Thank you,” she murmured as she left the room. The breeze murmured in the pines. See More
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Noun
Maybe there was a murmur about an underground occult-rock thing going on at the time. Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 1 Sep. 2022 Suddenly, there was a murmur throughout the BayArena in Leverkusen. Manuel Veth, Forbes, 15 May 2022 In the distance, there was a murmur of suburban traffic. Raffi Khatchadourian, The New Yorker, 9 May 2022 Ten years later, even more drastic revisions of the curriculum are taking place with barely a murmur, as an all-encompassing security law written by Beijing crushes dissent in a city once characterized by its open debate. Theodora Yu, Washington Post, 22 June 2022 Finally, well past 1 a.m., a murmur grew to a roar as Kozlov approached from a back entrance holding the most recognizable sports trophy in the world. Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press, 14 June 2022 Woods has magical moments in Masters return AUGUSTA, Ga. — Something was in the air, a murmur at first, a rush of sound far away from the first tee, growing louder by the second.USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2022 The fact that so much writing of orders gets done earlier creates a constant murmur in the halls of OR, SIA, Interbike, MAGIC and other major national trade shows. Doug Schnitzspahn, Outside Online, 13 May 2016 So Leigh must say her few murmur-y mom things about homework and breakfast, and then die 20 minutes in trying to protect her youngest child in a sad bathroom. Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 12 July 2022
Verb
Stocks are crashing, investors are jittery, and voices continue to murmur that a recession is nearly upon us. Tristan Bove, Fortune, 22 May 2022 Stocks are crashing, investors are jittery, and voices continue to murmur that a recession is nearly upon us. Tristan Bove, Fortune, 22 May 2022 Stocks are crashing, investors are jittery, and voices continue to murmur that a recession is nearly upon us. Tristan Bove, Fortune, 22 May 2022 Stocks are crashing, investors are jittery, and voices continue to murmur that a recession is nearly upon us. Tristan Bove, Fortune, 22 May 2022 But over the next 20 minutes, something strange but not entirely unexpected happened: The crowd began to murmur in admiration and appreciation as Curry sank 136 of 190 shots, including 46 of 72 3-pointers, a few of them from just inside halfcourt.New York Times, 13 June 2022 Stocks are crashing, investors are jittery, and voices continue to murmur that a recession is nearly upon us. Tristan Bove, Fortune, 22 May 2022 Stocks are crashing, investors are jittery, and voices continue to murmur that a recession is nearly upon us. Tristan Bove, Fortune, 22 May 2022 Stocks are crashing, investors are jittery, and voices continue to murmur that a recession is nearly upon us. Tristan Bove, Fortune, 22 May 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun and Verb
Middle English murmure, from Anglo-French disturbance, from Latin murmur murmur, roar, of imitative origin