murmur

Object

• something: At that very moment, my mom murmured something.
• word: I kept well out of the way in a corner, not daring to murmur a word.
• sound: At the same instant there came a confused murmuring sound through the little window far above my head.

Converse of object

• hear: Suddenly we heard the murmur of goose song to our right.

Adjective modifier

• audible: All patients with an audible cardiac murmur should have an echocardiogram.
• faint: Suddenly there was a faint murmur, for at the upper end of the hut a dark form was seen slowly to arise.
• loud: A small opening does not strain the heart and the only abnormal finding is a loud murmur.
• gentle: The gentle murmur of the river helped him calm himself.
• distant: Here we rested awhile, as we could hear the distant murmur of an open-air service taking place in the Baptistry.
• slight: The sea was calm, but with a slight murmur of surf on the beach.

Modifying Another Word

• softly: So I am, ' she murmured softly to herself.
• quietly: One of them, his eyes closed, was plucking at one of the strings and murmuring quietly to himself.

Noun used with modifier

• heart: Years ago I was told I had a heart murmur.
• flow: Most murmurs are what they call a flow murmur.

Preposition: of

• disapproval: This year, barely a murmur of disapproval is audible from anyone apart from the hardened protesters.
• assent: Mr Anderson reported that first there were murmurs of assent.
• discontent: Passing into law in the UK with barely a murmur of discontent, this Act reversed the presumption of innocence.
• applause: A murmur of applause ran around the crowded courtroom on the Judge giving this decision.
• conversation: What the pub needs is not total silence but noise restricted to a murmur of conversation.
• approval: Cast: Ancient murmurs of approval Elder Statesman: Gentlemen, we shall send out immediate notification to the original cast.