Murmur
noun
A soft, low sound made by a person or group speaking quietly or at a distance.
She heard the soft murmur of voices in the other room.
verb
Speak softly and privately, often expressing dissatisfaction or discomfort.
She murmured a complaint about the service.
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Disapproving
noun
A sound made by a fluid (especially blood) moving in an abnormal way in the heart.
The doctor detected a small murmur in his heart during the examination.
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Technical
verb
Make a soft, low continuous sound.
The wind murmured through the trees.
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Poetic
noun
A soft, low sound made by a person or group speaking quietly or at a distance.
She heard the soft murmur of voices in the other room.
verb
Speak softly and privately, often expressing dissatisfaction or discomfort.
She murmured a complaint about the service.
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A sound made by a fluid (especially blood) moving in an abnormal way in the heart.
The doctor detected a small murmur in his heart during the examination.
Usage tips
Technical
verb
Make a soft, low continuous sound.
The wind murmured through the trees.
Usage tips
Poetic
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Quiet Conversation
Used when people speak in hushed tones, where the content is not the focus.
In the library, there's a constant murmur of students studying.
Pro Tip 2/2Background Noise
Describes sounds that are not loud enough to be clearly heard.
During the meeting, a murmur filled the room as attendees discussed the presentation.
Pro Tip 1/2Quiet Conversation
Used when people speak in hushed tones, where the content is not the focus.
In the library, there's a constant murmur of students studying.
Pro Tip 2/2Background Noise
Describes sounds that are not loud enough to be clearly heard.
During the meeting, a murmur filled the room as attendees discussed the presentation.
Pro Tip 1/2Quiet Conversation
Used when people speak in hushed tones, where the content is not the focus.
In the library, there's a constant murmur of students studying.
Pro Tip 2/2Background Noise
Describes sounds that are not loud enough to be clearly heard.
During the meeting, a murmur filled the room as attendees discussed the presentation.
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Eve Ensler: Suddenly, my...
If I was afraid, I went to more dangerous places. Oh sure, sure, I had moments of appreciation of my body, the way an abusive parent can sometimes have a moment of kindness. My father was really kind to me on my 16th birthday, for example. I heard people murmur from time to time
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Mentalism, mind reading...
If you think this is you, if you wrote one, could you make a fuss? It's a bit difficult for me to see in the center. Hi, give us a wave. So J Jane? Jessica? Yes. Derren Which one? Jessica. Thank you. Just a guess. Little murmur of approval, thank you?
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Adorable Tiger Cub...
you're going to pass with flying colors buddy yeah he's going to hand raise them himself at home so he can give them 24-hour care and mel the vet has come to check if they're healthy enough to leave the hat sounds really good steady beat no murmurs
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Handraising Twin Tiger...
Well, the heart sounds really good. Steady beat, no murmurs. -So relaxed he is! -He's strong. He's so relaxed. We're starting off with such robust, healthy little cubs. They're not too young. So, they've already got so much strength in them.
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It's a church. It's a...
he resolved to rebuild the church on a grander scale, and five years later, the edifice you see before you was completed. As you step inside, the stones of the foundation and walls murmur tales from their homelands of Egypt and Syria,
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Isabel Allende: Tales of...
She risks a lot and she's terrified. She doesn't even have the proper instruments, but fortunately, she has brought some novocaine. Jenny has a brave and passionate heart. She murmurs a prayer and she goes ahead with the operation.
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Tales of passion -...
licensed for that she has never done it she risks a lot and she's terrified she doesn't even have the proper instruments but fortunately she has brought some novocaine jenny has a brave and passionate heart she murmurs a prayer
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C.K. Williams: Poetry...
an uncensored vagina, has left me forever infected with an unquenchable lust of the eye. Always that erotic murmur, I'm hardly myself if I'm not in a state of incipient desire.
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This Man’s Words Will...
pleasure of murmuring winged creature each petal of rain like you or me each golden home Center a heart like mine a raid in unpretentious glory
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Hrishikesh Hirway: What...
By the murmuring TV You’d fall asleep to in bed
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Eve Ensler: Suddenly, my...
If I was afraid, I went to more dangerous places. Oh sure, sure, I had moments of appreciation of my body, the way an abusive parent can sometimes have a moment of kindness. My father was really kind to me on my 16th birthday, for example. I heard people murmur from time to time
Video examples
Mentalism, mind reading...
If you think this is you, if you wrote one, could you make a fuss? It's a bit difficult for me to see in the center. Hi, give us a wave. So J Jane? Jessica? Yes. Derren Which one? Jessica. Thank you. Just a guess. Little murmur of approval, thank you?
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Adorable Tiger Cub...
you're going to pass with flying colors buddy yeah he's going to hand raise them himself at home so he can give them 24-hour care and mel the vet has come to check if they're healthy enough to leave the hat sounds really good steady beat no murmurs
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Handraising Twin Tiger...
Well, the heart sounds really good. Steady beat, no murmurs. -So relaxed he is! -He's strong. He's so relaxed. We're starting off with such robust, healthy little cubs. They're not too young. So, they've already got so much strength in them.
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It's a church. It's a...
he resolved to rebuild the church on a grander scale, and five years later, the edifice you see before you was completed. As you step inside, the stones of the foundation and walls murmur tales from their homelands of Egypt and Syria,
Video examples
Isabel Allende: Tales of...
She risks a lot and she's terrified. She doesn't even have the proper instruments, but fortunately, she has brought some novocaine. Jenny has a brave and passionate heart. She murmurs a prayer and she goes ahead with the operation.
Video examples
Tales of passion -...
licensed for that she has never done it she risks a lot and she's terrified she doesn't even have the proper instruments but fortunately she has brought some novocaine jenny has a brave and passionate heart she murmurs a prayer
Video examples
C.K. Williams: Poetry...
an uncensored vagina, has left me forever infected with an unquenchable lust of the eye. Always that erotic murmur, I'm hardly myself if I'm not in a state of incipient desire.
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This Man’s Words Will...
pleasure of murmuring winged creature each petal of rain like you or me each golden home Center a heart like mine a raid in unpretentious glory
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Hrishikesh Hirway: What...
By the murmuring TV You’d fall asleep to in bed
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Brian Littrell
American Musician
I was born with a heart murmur. When I was 21, the stress of the career and traveling - the lack of sleep and just not eating right - had taken its toll. Our schedules had been pretty crazy for about three years, and there was no rest at all. So in order to continue on and, you know, have a life, I had to fix it.
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David de Gea
Spanish Athlete
It certainly helps that I'm quite a relaxed guy and I take things in my stride, and if you hear the odd murmur of criticism, you just stay focused on your job and doing what you're working hard to do. I've always been confident in my own ability, and that's just as important.
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Ian Mcewan
British Author
What I've discovered and really confirmed to myself is that opera really likes loud colours, and you need something bold, something savage, unpredictable, passionate. You can't really run a two-hour opera round some muted murmuring.
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John Lubbock
British Statesman
Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.
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Mary Webb
English Novelist
The past is only the present become invisible and mute; and because it is invisible and mute, its memorized glances and its murmurs are infinitely precious. We are tomorrow's past.
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Joyce Meyer
American Author
Don't complain. The Israelites wasted forty years murmuring and complaining in the wilderness, when they could have just obeyed God and entered into their Promised Land.
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Ilka Chase
American Actress
When he said we were trying to make a fool of him, I could only murmur that the Creator had beat us to it.
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Alain de Botton
English Writer
Many people in the intellectual elite are very scared of shouting. They insist on very quiet murmurs.
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Confucius
Chinese Philosopher
He who acts with a constant view to his own advantage will be much murmured against.
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Voltaire
French Writer
The mouth obeys poorly when the heart murmurs.
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Brian Littrell
American Musician
I was born with a heart murmur. When I was 21, the stress of the career and traveling - the lack of sleep and just not eating right - had taken its toll. Our schedules had been pretty crazy for about three years, and there was no rest at all. So in order to continue on and, you know, have a life, I had to fix it.
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David de Gea
Spanish Athlete
It certainly helps that I'm quite a relaxed guy and I take things in my stride, and if you hear the odd murmur of criticism, you just stay focused on your job and doing what you're working hard to do. I've always been confident in my own ability, and that's just as important.
Quote examples
Ian Mcewan
British Author
What I've discovered and really confirmed to myself is that opera really likes loud colours, and you need something bold, something savage, unpredictable, passionate. You can't really run a two-hour opera round some muted murmuring.
Quote examples
John Lubbock
British Statesman
Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.
Quote examples
Mary Webb
English Novelist
The past is only the present become invisible and mute; and because it is invisible and mute, its memorized glances and its murmurs are infinitely precious. We are tomorrow's past.
Quote examples
Joyce Meyer
American Author
Don't complain. The Israelites wasted forty years murmuring and complaining in the wilderness, when they could have just obeyed God and entered into their Promised Land.
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Ilka Chase
American Actress
When he said we were trying to make a fool of him, I could only murmur that the Creator had beat us to it.
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Alain de Botton
English Writer
Many people in the intellectual elite are very scared of shouting. They insist on very quiet murmurs.
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Confucius
Chinese Philosopher
He who acts with a constant view to his own advantage will be much murmured against.
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Voltaire
French Writer
The mouth obeys poorly when the heart murmurs.
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