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UK
/mˈɜːmɐ/
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[ US /ˈmɝmɝ/ ]
[ US /ˈmɝmɝ/ ]
NOUN
- a schwa that is incidental to the pronunciation of a consonant
- an abnormal sound of the heart; sometimes a sign of abnormal function of the heart valves
- a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
- a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone
VERB
-
speak softly or indistinctly
She murmured softly to the baby in her arms -
make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath
she grumbles when she feels overworked
How To Use murmur In A Sentence
- Before Malfurion could ask who she meant, Tyrande brought the glaive up in a salute and murmured something in the hidden tongue of the Sisterhood. WORLD OF WARCRAFT STORMRAGE
- The paramedic said he was still alive, moving his hand and murmuring something. Times, Sunday Times
- During the night two young partisans sat on guard at the bedroom door listening to murmured conversation. Whicker's War
- `Then apparently James needs no more stiffening in his collar," Aubrey murmured. THE LAST RAVEN
- It still whispered about, prowling in the back of his consciousness, murmuring darkly even though his body was slack with well-satisfied relief. Captured by Moonlight
- There was just one moment," he murmured ruminatingly, -- The Mischief Maker
- Here a general murmur arose, and the teacher, opening her lips for the first time, ejaculated — “Silence, mesdemoiselles!” The Professor, by Charlotte Bronte
- Clear-cut clinical evidence of a hemodynamically significant patent ductus arteriosus should be present, such as respiratory distress, a continuous murmur, a hyperactive precordium, cardiomegaly and pulmonary plethora on chest x-ray. THE MEDICAL NEWS
- He was muttering incessantly to himself, as if delighted at having found his tongue, his head swaying on his shoulders, and a strange murmur, soft, birdlike, meaningless, like sounds heard from a vast distance, coming from his wide-open mouth. Vandover and the Brute
- It is zeal for the salvation of souls which makes the prelateship desired, if you will believe the ambitious man; which makes the monk, who is destined for the choir, run hither and thither, as the restless soul himself will tell you; which causes all those censures and murmurings against the prelates of the Treatise on the Love of God