They murmured as doth a swarm of bees. --Chaucer.
2. To utter complaints in a low, half-articulated voice; to
feel or express dissatisfaction or discontent; to grumble;
-- often with at or against. ``His disciples murmured at
it.'' --John vi. 61.
And all the children of Israel murmured against
Moses and against Aaron. --Num. xiv. 2.
Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured.
--1 Cor. x.
10.