murmuring

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And so, evidently, were others, because a murmuring was arising in the church Fra Tomasso blinked slowly, as if to show his calm acceptance of the stir he was causing.

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  1. A continuous murmur; a low confused noise. As when you hear the murmuring of a throng. Drayton, David and Goliath.
  2. Making or consisting in a low continuous noise. Where rivulets dance their wayward round, And beauty born of murmuring sound Shall pass into her face. Wordsworth, Three Years She Grew.
  3. Uttering complaints in a low voice or sullen manner; grumbling; complaining: as, a person of a murmuring disposition.

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  • "You will stay here, Penthony,"--murmuring his name with a grace and a sweet hesitation quite irresistible,--"while I go and make ready for our drive CHAPTER XXXV When I arose and saw the dawn I sigh'd for thee; When light rode high, and the dew was gone, And noon lay heavy on flower and tree, And the weary day turn'd to his rest, Lingering like an unloved guest I sighed for thee Shelley In her own small chamber, with all her pretty hair falling loosely round her, stands Molly before her glass, a smile upon her lips. —  Molly Bawn
  • And so, evidently, were others, because a murmuring was arising in the church Fra Tomasso blinked slowly, as if to show his calm acceptance of the stir he was causing. —  The Saracen: Land of the Infidel
  • Now he held her against him, and again he held her away that his eyes might feast upon hers until she dropped her lashes and the crimson tide flooded into her face and she hid it again in the refuge she had longed for,--murmuring his name. —  Coniston — Complete
  • Making a ceaseless murmuring -- —  Young Adventure, a Book of Poems
  • From the telephone came a confused murmuring, at which Van Emmon's face lighted up with delight. —  The Lord of Death and the Queen of Life
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