murmur silently

Frequency: 5.55.0 per million words

to say something to oneself without making a sound

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Examples (10)

  • She heard him murmur silently to himself after he read the bad news.
  • He would often murmur silently in his sleep, lost in a dream.
  • The child began to murmur silently when her mother told her off.
  • She could only murmur silently in agreement, not wanting to disturb the meeting.
  • After the shocking announcement, the crowd started to murmur silently amongst themselves.
  • The old man used to murmur silently as he tended to his garden.
  • He closed his eyes and began to murmur silently a short prayer.
  • Sometimes, she would just murmur silently, trying to process her thoughts.
  • He managed to murmur silently an apology before turning away.
  • The teacher noticed the student murmur silently the answers during the test.