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What a great waste of time, I hear readers mutter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

They grads are also primed to boo any speakers who so much as mutter the words “artificial intelligence.”

From Slate ● May 20, 2026

The locals in their working-class part of the city of Sahiwal mutter that Zeba is living under a curse after her previous suitors died in mysterious circumstances.

From Barron's ● Feb. 21, 2026

When Musk makes the same prediction, analysts roll their eyes and mutter about missed timelines.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 15, 2026

Sometimes he’ll mutter about something he forgot to do, or he’ll ask me with a blank expression how school’s going.

From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender

He mutters and trails off when he speaks publicly, making him hard to quote in full.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

The man and woman walk by me as the man mutters, “You people are crazy” and other words people don’t usually say on the streets of Pella.

From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2025

“He better be working out because I’m just horrified about that fight — just horrified,” Kind mutters while shaking his head and picking at a small plate of bananas and peanut butter.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2025

Some are goofily anachronistic, as when Johnson mutters a few times about pulling himself up by his bootstraps like everyone else.

From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2024

"That crafts closet is big enough to hold two football players. Just saying," she mutters, and turns back to the video screen.

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi

She blinked, paused, and then muttered: “In the winter.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Then, turning to me, she muttered, “Not according to the internet this week. I’m joking!”

From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026

Francisco de Quevedo drank in long-gone watering holes where Luis de Góngora muttered his verse.

From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026

When Vinicius muttered "I'm going to leave this team" as he was replaced in Sunday's El Clasico win, it wasn't a new thought.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2025

While Lorren muttered about what armor to keep with her—she liked to change gear sets often, to see if there was something better—I picked up my phone, which had continued buzzing.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

Teachers scooped up the stragglers and ushered them into the shelter's entrance, while the cleaner scanned the playground, muttering as she checked that no one had been left behind.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

Beavis and Butt-head might leave chaos and destruction in their muttering, giggling wake, but they rarely suffer lasting harm themselves.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

You can almost imagine Palace officials rolling their eyes and muttering, "Nightmare".

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

At one point these diminutive, muttering, bewhiskered mechanics accompany Grogu on a side quest, piling into a bitty space ship.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

As we passed Mr. Barley’s door, he was heard hoarsely muttering within, in a strain that rose and fell like wind, the following Refrain, in which I substitute good wishes for something quite the reverse:—

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens