murmured 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of murmurednext
as in muttered

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murmured

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verb

past tense of murmur
1
as in complained
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely no prisoner dared murmur out loud

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2
as in mumbled
to speak softly and unclearly a college professor who tends to murmur

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  1. complained
  2. whispered
  3. mouthed
  4. grumbled
Verb
  • Meanwhile, some community members complained the university’s shelter-in place-policy caused firefighting resources to be diverted from other parts of Malibu.
    Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Mangione rarely complained about the condition despite its impact on his life, according to Martin.
    Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of complained
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  • With details that have been whispered about for months and openly discussed (with no victims named besides Ventura) on social media and in more traditional media by songwriter Tiffany Red last year, the claims in this latest lawsuit could find Combs facing bicoastal courtrooms.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 29 Nov. 2024
  • Someone whispered that the Abyssinian Baptist Church, the influential church in Harlem, was having a community-outreach event at the same time.
    Jazmine Hughes, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of whispered
Adjective
  • The stars each mouthed lines their characters said while taking a phone call.
    Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 18 Sep. 2024
  • British scientists have developed a choker that detects its wearer's silently mouthed words, and converts them into audible synthetic speech.
    Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2024
Definition of mouthed
Verb
  • Justice, many on Germany’s left grumbled, was only blind in the right eye.
    Longreads, Longreads, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Particularly in more pacifist-learning Germany, some grumbled that these warnings are alarmist.
    Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of grumbled
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