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mumble

verb as in say low and inarticulately

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Example Sentences

Casablancas speaks in a drowsy mumble and occasionally needs prodding, but once you do, becomes surprisingly engaged.

Everywhere we go, inspiration hits us and we just kind of mumble things into our iPhones.

He defines Dynamic Inaction with one pithy aphorism: “When in doubt, mumble; when in trouble, delegate; when in charge, ponder.”

Fatah's leaders mumble in English that they recognize Israel while delivering incendiary rhetoric in Arabic.

"The mumble could be passive aggressive—the person wants to have someone work very hard at hearing them," Batson says.

Pausing at the threshold before opening the door, the sonorous mumble sounding through the deal panels misled me.

The blows of the ax, off in the chaparral, were louder in their ears now, and they could hear a mumble of voices.

Bristow made no comment on this, and Mattie, turning slowly away from him, began to mumble something.

Inside45 the parlor could be heard the mumble of men's voices.

She waited until he answered, in an indistinct mumble, that he did not know.

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On this page you'll find 48 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to mumble, such as: grumble, murmur, mutter, ramble, rumble, and stammer.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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