murmur
noun
a low, continuous sound, as of a brook, the wind, or trees, or of low, indistinct voices.
has murmured
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present perfectof murmur (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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This is not the first time Ryan has murmured about higher office, but Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown’s decision not to run for president appears to have given some oxygen to Ryan’s own presidential ambitions.
From Slate ● Apr. 3, 2019
To solve these problems, WMC has murmured of a National Service Act.
From Time Magazine Archive
Washington rumor for the past month has murmured that the President planned a cross country jaunt to Seattle, ostensibly to visit his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. John Boettiger.
From Time Magazine Archive
Still, not one of them has murmured at our grief and Anastasie has become quite chummy in pretending to cheer ME up….
From Rescuing the Czar Two authentic Diaries arranged and translated by James P. Smythe
"He has—he has," murmured the deep voices of the assistants.
From Old Mortality, Volume 2. by Sir Walter Scott
