I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a roar/murmur/chorus of approval
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There were murmurs of approval from the crowd.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
softly
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Consider the following examples: Arthur murmured softly in Bertha's ear.
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When she felt him beside her and heard his voice softly murmuring in her ear, all her fears left her.
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Then, before she could decide whether to retreat and wait for the Empress to leave, a man murmured softly .
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Leila could hear him murmuring softly .
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The boy murmured softly as he lifted him, then began to struggle.
■ NOUN
breath
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She took a pinch of snuff in her hand and sprinkled it over the note murmuring something under her breath .
ear
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He murmured in Alice's ear .
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When she felt him beside her and heard his voice softly murmuring in her ear , all her fears left her.
voice
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When she felt him beside her and heard his voice softly murmuring in her ear, all her fears left her.
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On the other side were low voices , murmuring .
word
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She was sitting in an armchair in the library, murmuring words over a little black book.
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They paused to murmur a few words , and then, completely oblivious to everyone else, started kissing again.
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She murmurs , but her words are indistinct.
■ VERB
hear
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Twice in the night he heard her murmur Brother?
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Very unlikely eventualities, I hear you murmur .
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There was no signpost but I turned off anyway, and heard Tam murmur something to Richie.
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We heard a suppressed murmuring and smelled rotting rags and old urine as we passed the gate.
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Hold your stethoscope to our hearts and tell us what you hear us murmuring .
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When she felt him beside her and heard his voice softly murmuring in her ear, all her fears left her.
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Leila could hear him murmuring softly.
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I heard a low murmuring sound.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He began stroking her hair and gently murmuring her name.
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He didn't murmur a single word of protest.
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I murmured a prayer of thanks.
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She heard the priest murmuring a prayer at the front of the church.
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The child murmured something in its sleep.
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The wind murmured through the trees.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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David woke and heard them murmuring down on the ground floor - the sound of a cocktail party.
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He murmured something, but she did not catch the words.
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He shook Wynne-Jones who murmured in his sleep, then began to weep.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
low
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She paused, hearing the low murmur of male voices, from the doorway just ahead of her.
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It's not some brash statement of their own personalities, but a low murmur from many people over many years.
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Springfield held up his hand for silence and the low murmur of talk died away completely.
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She stirred and snuggled towards him, a low murmur of peace escaping from slightly parted lips.
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All she could hear, however, was a low murmur .
soft
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She thought she heard the telephone being used, and the soft murmur of Julius's voice.
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And the soft murmur of the sea.
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Under cover of the noise Guy's voice was a soft murmur in Isabel's ear.
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There was a soft murmur to her voice, as a hush through the trees on Mount Olives.
■ NOUN
heart
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In some cases, a physical might expose a heart murmur .
■ VERB
hear
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She paused, hearing the low murmur of male voices, from the doorway just ahead of her.
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Through the clatter of dish-washing we could hear their murmurs like voices at a wake.
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I sat for a considerable time, hearing the distant murmur of their voices, probably from a bedroom.
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She didn't hear the murmur until she was standing right outside the door to Luke's private apartment.
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Do I hear a murmur about needles and haystacks?
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No sign of Ward, but I could hear the murmur of voices from the direction of the stable block.
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She could hear the dull murmur of their voices outside, then nothing.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a heart murmur
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Jan had the radio on in the room above, but it was no more than a murmur .
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The murmur of distant traffic reached us when the wind was in the east.
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the murmur of the little brook
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There were excited murmurs as the President entered the hall.
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Wagner spoke in a barely audible murmur .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A murmur of laughter ran through the congregation.
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A dark murmur rose among the diners.
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Audible gasps rose here and there together with short, whispered words and the murmur of anticipation.
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From the library there was a broken murmur of voices, subdued and spasmodic as a funeral gathering.
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His throaty little murmurs told of his contentment and enjoyment of the ride.
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Sandy has hold of my lapel in the lightest way, instructing me in a murmur .
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Sympathetic murmurs greet this delicate reference to her own spinsterhood, and the hunters then move in for the kill.
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There wasn't a murmur of disapproval from the drug testers - all the ingredients were natural and contained no chemical stimulants.