- present participle of murmur.
murmuring
Example Sentences
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The ruminative “Third Side of the Moon” finds Brock murmuring how he wishes he’d paid closer attention to the details of a friend who is no longer with him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
Videos captured people murmuring confusedly, presuming technical difficulties, before the truth dawned on the crowd that pyrotechnics would not be forthcoming.
From Salon ● Jan. 21, 2026
"Like starlings murmuring in the sky," Miller said.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2025
After Sinner won Wimbledon, it wasn’t hard to find murmuring that the 24-year-old Italian might be making a separation, that his sudden mastery of the grass vaporized Alcaraz’s last edge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2025
She even praised her once, murmuring sleepily, “You are such a helpful girl, Ophelia.”
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
