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murmurous

[mur-mer-uhs] / ˈmɜr mər əs /
ADJECTIVE
rustling
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I can hear the murmurous, gently swelling music of Rotview Balcony, a place of crimson skies and arid landscape, playing from the other room where the game is idling as I type this sentence.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 4, 2022

“What’s Wrong”: Late-night bits-and-pieces jazz-clatter, murmurous moody vocals.

From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2012

He wrote: “This is another world — terrifying to the outsider, yet imposing in its strangeness — behind those massive walls, in this murmurous darkness, within the temporary but real power of desperate men.”

From New York Times ● Nov. 25, 2011

Police were called, but when they arrived the scuffle had subsided to a murmurous discussion.

From Time Magazine Archive

They arrived at twilight and as we strolled out among the sparkling hundreds Daisy's voice was playing murmurous tricks in her throat.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald


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