murmur
noun
a low, continuous sound, as of a brook, the wind, or trees, or of low, indistinct voices.
had been murmuring
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past perfect progressiveof murmur.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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For years Lowell’s nonwhite communities had been murmuring about the neglect and lack of representation from City Hall.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2022
Since Canadian-born Edward Johnson announced his retirement in 1950, they had been murmuring such names as Lawrence Tibbett, Lauritz Melchior, even Billy Rose as his successor.
From Time Magazine Archive
Around him, the other guardians, who had been murmuring among themselves, fell silent.
From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry
"You may go, Dolores," she said, and motioned away the old woman, who had been murmuring congratulations.
From Bandit Love by Juanita Savage
And Jamie's eyes met Mr. Bowdoin's; he had been murmuring rapidly, and there was a smile in them; but this now he lost, though the eyes had in them no look of recognition.
From Pirate Gold by Frederic Jesup Stimson
