murmur
noun
a low, continuous sound, as of a brook, the wind, or trees, or of low, indistinct voices.
are murmuring
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present progressiveof murmur.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Not since 2015 has Washington’s snowpack fallen so far below normal and already officials are murmuring about the likelihood of water restrictions, particularly on the Olympic Peninsula.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 25, 2024
Parents and local fans alike are murmuring about head coach Pedro Sánchez’s decisions, with every stray pass met by grumbles from the stand.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 21, 2018
The unrecordable “whisper opera” points to a quieter vision of contemporary life, Mr. Lang said: “It’s about a kind of catalog of all of these conversations which are murmuring around us all the time.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 2, 2013
Meanwhile, the defendants' families are murmuring about conspiracies against their boys.
From Time Magazine Archive
As the day goes on, there’s an ever-increasing buzz, though Justyce never catches what people are murmuring because they go quiet whenever he gets too close.
From "Dear Martin" by Nic Stone
