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.