murmur
noun
a low, continuous sound, as of a brook, the wind, or trees, or of low, indistinct voices.
have murmured
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present perfectof murmur.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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"Oh, dear," she is said to have murmured.
From Time Magazine Archive
Silent Cal, no doubt, would have murmured his approval.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I have," murmured Bess as she tossed the last bundle into the fire.
From Time Magazine Archive
Still less could an earlier McCarthy character have murmured to herself, "She would leave him, she thought, as soon as the petunias had bloomed."
From Time Magazine Archive
She would have murmured some fine, scalding remark about Hilda's miraculous furpiece to cheer me up.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
