murmur
noun
a low, continuous sound, as of a brook, the wind, or trees, or of low, indistinct voices.
murmuringly
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a word derived from
murmur.
Example Sentences
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Perry murmuringly remarked that in his opinion any credit due belonged to Mrs. Meier.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
“Thou shalt soon—too soon—be enlightened!” said the stranger, in a voice of profound melancholy; “at least, to a certain extent,” he added, murmuringly.
From Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf by George W. M. (George William MacArthur) Reynolds
They looked down on the many winding river, murmuringly gliding through its vine covered banks.
From A Love Story by A Bushman
With its mellow rays it lights a leafy willow under which a streamlet, formed by the overflow of the water that turns the mill of Chaillot, flows murmuringly by.
From The Iron Pincers or Mylio and Karvel A Tale of the Albigensian Crusades by Eugène Sue
A terrace with a few fig-trees divides the château from the sandy beach, where the gentle waves continually come rippling in, to lick the shore and murmuringly expire.
From Raphael Pages of the Book of Life at Twenty by Alphonse de Lamartine
