murmur
noun
a low, continuous sound, as of a brook, the wind, or trees, or of low, indistinct voices.
has been murmuring
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present perfect progressiveof murmur (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Even in Hollywood, Paramount's competition has been murmuring respectfully about Rat Race's remarkably successful test screenings.
From Time Magazine Archive
He has been murmuring in his sleep about her, about something she did for little Freda, clasping his66 throat all the time and suffocating.
From A Girl in Ten Thousand by L. T. Meade
If there has been murmuring against the present form of native government, it has been due, I am convinced, to this cause.
From The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom by Basil Thomson
