murmur
noun
a low, continuous sound, as of a brook, the wind, or trees, or of low, indistinct voices.
is murmuring
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present progressiveof murmur (3rd person singular).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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Already, the crowd is murmuring "Thank you, Jesus."
From Time Magazine Archive
The crowd is murmuring in agreement, a few have even given agonized cries.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
The girl is murmuring something I can’t hear over the ringing of the hammer.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
Then falleth the speech of Gunnar, and his lips the word forget, But his crafty hands are busy, and the harp is murmuring yet.
From The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs by William Morris
The stock-dove is murmuring Loud as she dare!
From Victorian Songs Lyrics of the Affections and Nature by Edmund Henry Garrett
