murmur gently
Frequency: 7.010.1 per million words
to speak in a soft and kind quiet voice
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Examples (10)
- She would often murmur gently to her baby as she rocked him to sleep.
- The old man murmured gently , recalling memories of his youth.
- He watched her murmur gently to the frightened puppy, calming its fears.
- The wind seemed to murmur gently through the ancient trees, telling secrets.
- When she apologized, he could only murmur gently in response.
- The nurse murmured gently to the patient, assuring her everything would be fine.
- Even in her anger, her voice would only murmur gently, never rising to a shout.
- The stream would murmur gently over the smooth stones, a constant, soothing sound.
- She knew he was upset when he began to murmur gently to himself.
- The priest murmured gently a blessing over the congregation.