Murmur is an English word with synonyms like mutter or muttering. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Murmur in a sentence
Related words
Murmur meaning
- Any low, indistinct sound, like that of running water.
- Soft indistinct speech.
- The sound made by any condition which produces a noisy, or turbulent, flow of blood through the heart.
Synonyms of Murmur
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Using Murmur
- The main meaning on this page is: Any low, indistinct sound, like that of running water. | Soft indistinct speech. | The sound made by any condition which produces a noisy, or turbulent, flow of blood through the heart.
- Useful related words include: mutter, muttering, murmuring, grumble.
- Possible Dutch translations are: geroezemoes.
- In the example corpus, murmur often appears in combinations such as: murmur of, heart murmur, murmur and.
Context around Murmur
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 13 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Murmur
- In this selection, "murmur" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, heart, constant, little and sonthing stand out and add context to how "murmur" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 3 heart murmur that does and a constant murmur. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "murmur" sits close to words such as abattoir, agi and agitations, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with murmur
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
There was a murmur around the hall. (7 words)
There was a loud murmur in the room. (8 words)
They will curse their intending liberators and murmur against their ‘’chi’’. (11 words)
We will never get to be this young again — listening to our classmates’ authentic music while the people around us murmur and question the band’s name, while other people sit in trees and linger around fences to hear the next song. (42 words)
After its first few episodes aired the buzz around the UK series of went from being a little murmur to being one of the top trends on Twitter, as it became the word of mouth TV success of 2022. (39 words)
To the contrary, there was barely a murmur when Ronald Reagan the downing as “a proper defensive action” while Admiral William J. Crowe Jr., chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, said that the ship had done nothing inappropriate. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
After its first few episodes aired the buzz around the UK series of went from being a little murmur to being one of the top trends on Twitter, as it became the word of mouth TV success of 2022.
And one constant murmur I’ve been hearing on the channels I am tuned in to, is about how businesses are struggling this summer.
Did folks in ancient Rome ever murmur to each other saying, “What an ugly, gaudy, self-aggrandizing mess that is.
Finally, Bitter Murmur and Hex: No One Escapes Death allow the Killer to decimate any players still standing in the endgame.
Jansky has a grade 2-3 heart murmur that does not require any medication currently but adopters will need to monitor this.
The most beautiful of all rivers, this river loved to murmur and sing, mixing its sounds with my splashing and skipping stones.
Young’s acclaimed 2017 film moves as if by stealth through the soaring architecture of the Brussels law courts, noticing strange symmetries, hidden figures, the weird murmur of voices that are always elsewhere, behind closed doors.
There was a murmur around the hall.
There wasn’t even a murmur from the small number of Northampton supporters.
This is heightened by Red’s ability to communicate, as she doesn’t just grunt but speaks in a strained murmur.
We will never get to be this young again — listening to our classmates’ authentic music while the people around us murmur and question the band’s name, while other people sit in trees and linger around fences to hear the next song.
But the stadiums that are empty, they will be projecting what they call a ‘murmur’ of crowd noise in the stadium.
He prayed by saying the once and then twice and then again in a constant murmur.
It started as a murmur as Gary Anderson trotted onto the Metrodome field with just more than 2 minutes remaining in the fourth quarter of the 1998 NFC Championship Game against Atlanta.
She doesn’t blame Antonio’s heart murmur like they suspected but says he had lactic acid in his bloodstream which covered up his amphetamine abuse.
There was a loud murmur in the room.
They learn Antonio had a heart murmur and that the school won’t speak to them at all at the moment nor will the coach.
They will curse their intending liberators and murmur against their ‘’chi’’.
To the contrary, there was barely a murmur when Ronald Reagan the downing as “a proper defensive action” while Admiral William J. Crowe Jr., chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, said that the ship had done nothing inappropriate.
Umhumhumemmnh, he will interject and murmur sonthing in the middle of the song and then roll like a skateboarder.
Common combinations with murmur
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- murmur of 7×
- heart murmur 6×
- murmur and 5×
- murmur to 3×
- murmur that 3×
- murmur in 3×
- and murmur 3×
- murmur against 3×
- constant murmur 2×
- murmur was 2×