murmured

Example Sentences

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Her mother murmured advice: “No one can take away what you’ve put in your own mind.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

"It's all in God's hands," she murmured, lifting her eyes upward.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

"It's the only thing that makes me forget what's going on," he murmured.

From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026

He clearly relishes soft playing, with sensitive effects of distant bells and moonlit drizzles in Messiaen’s “La Colombe” and “Le Nombre Léger,” and a murmured sotto voce in Chopin’s Op.

From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2024

“I have seen that woman before—but where?” she murmured.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood