mumbled

Example Sentences

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Why learn anything when the answer will always be one mumbled request away?

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 24, 2026

Fed Chair Jerome Powell mumbled something about “ample reserves” and pointed back to 2019, when the repo market seized up overnight and forced the Fed to rush in with emergency cash.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 2, 2025

But Mamdani’s speech was not the ritual of unity and healing they wanted and expected, and they were reduced to mumbled excuses about the microphone, his tone of voice and his inexperience.

From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025

Kawhi Leonard mumbled his way through a few answers to questions Monday about his endorsement deal with Aspiration Partners that has triggered an NBA investigation into whether the Clippers circumvented the league salary cap.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2025

Her gaze still glued to her lap, she mumbled something that sounded like “poppa” or “puppy,” but that couldn’t be right.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas