murmur softly

Frequency: 8.216.5 per million words

to speak in a gentle, quiet voice

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Examples (20)

  • ‘What a fool I've been,’ he murmured softly.
  • He leaned in to murmur softly in her ear.
  • She began to murmur softly to her sleeping baby.
  • The lovers began to murmur softly to each other in the moonlight.
  • He would often murmur softly to himself while working on complex problems.
  • She heard him murmur softly as he drifted off to sleep.
  • The old woman murmured softly a prayer before bed.
  • "Everything will be fine," she continued to murmur softly.
  • Despite the chaos, she managed to murmur softly a word of encouragement.
  • The wind seemed to murmur softly through the pine trees.
  • The lovers murmured softly to each other under the moonlight.
  • He leaned down to murmur softly to the sleeping child.
  • He heard her murmur softly his name in her sleep.
  • They sat in the dark, starting to murmur softly about their future.
  • The priest murmured softly the sacred words.
  • The audience began to murmur softly when the lights dimmed.
  • When asked about her secret, she only murmured softly and smiled.
  • I could hear them murmur softly in the next room.
  • The wind made the leaves murmur softly through the trees.
  • She liked to murmur softly to herself while she was painting.