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noun

Murmur n.

A low, confused, and indistinct sound, like that of running water.

A complaint half suppressed, or uttered in a low, muttering voice. "Some discontents there are, some idle murmurs."

verb

Murmur v. t. To utter or give forth in low or indistinct words or sounds; as, to murmur tales. "The people murmured such things concerning him."

Murmur v. i. (past & past part. murmured; pres. part. murmuring)

To make a low continued noise, like the hum of bees, a stream of water, distant waves, or the wind in a forest. "They murmured as doth a swarm of bees."

To utter complaints in a low, half-articulated voice; to feel or express dissatisfaction or discontent; to grumble; often with at or against. "His disciples murmured at it." "And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron." "Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured."

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... road, through ruts and over rocks and stumps of trees, must have been beyond description, but not once during all that long night did I hear a groan or complaint from him. Once he asked for water, and as Orme and I stooped over him I heard him murmur as though to himself, "Who would have thought it?" and again, "Who would have thought it?" Then he drank the water mechanically and lay ...

— A Soldier of Virginia • Burton Egbert Stevenson

... the valley of Chamouni, on the right hand, where it first begins to rise among the pines, there descends a small stream from the foot of the granite peak known to the guides as the Aiguille Charmoz. It is concealed from the traveller by a thicket of alder, and its murmur is hardly heard, for it is one of the weakest streams of the valley. But it is a constant stream, fed by a permanent, though small, glacier; and continuing to flow even to the close of summer, when more copious torrents, depending only ...

— Frondes Agrestes - Readings in 'Modern Painters' • John Ruskin

... their winter wanderings; the leaves hung motionless on the tall trees, and nature seemed resting from her ceaseless labors, and listening to the soft music of the little stream which sung a cheerful song as it rambled on over the roots and fallen branches that blocked its way. Soon a distant murmur arose, and we had not proceeded far before as many sounds as were heard at Babel made a strange concert about our ears. The lowing of the ox, the neighing of the horse, and the deep braying of another animal, mingled with a thousand human voices, came through the woods. ...

— Among the Pines - or, South in Secession Time • James R. Gilmore

... softer science - laughing Love his pinions dips, Hush'd to hear fantastic whispers murmur'd from a pedant's lips. Oh, believe it, throbbing pulses flutter under folds of starch, And the Dons are human-hearted if the ...

— The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green • Cuthbert Bede

... proceeded through the crowd, but now an indistinct murmur followed him, and the shouting grew louder as his ...

— Mother • Maxim Gorky

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