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A low, steady sound.

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Usage examples (37)
  • Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass on a summer day listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is hardly a waste...
  • There was a soft murmur from the back of the room.
  • A murmur is invisible, sounding some continual question.
  • There's a soft awestruck murmur from the back of the bus: "Wow!"
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