mumble
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Peters started to mumble, sway and close his eyes as the camera panned away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2026
In my rare visits to modern art museums, I mumble: “This piece represents an indictment of societal norms.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 18, 2026
This wasn’t cause for concern — a lot of students mumble.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2024
“Never heard that before,” he said, because mumble, mumble, George-Washington-and-the-Sound-of-History roaring in his ears.
From Slate ● May 28, 2024
“Sure, um, I mean, I’ll try,” I mumble between bites.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
“Why are you talking to me?” she mumbles in faux outrage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2025
Unfortunately for Fox, much of what Homan has to say is hard to understand, because he mumbles.
From Slate ● May 18, 2024
"Did you see that? How quick is he?" mumbles the crowd, sitting on the edge of their seat in slight disbelief.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2023
It is the name he mumbles when he is feverish in sleep and the one-word question when he needs to know I am near.
From Seattle Times ● May 5, 2023
The crowd’s panicky cries of “It wasn’t me!” were replaced by mumbles: “I didn’t see...”
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
It took only a few words mumbled with a mouthful of burger for Tom Curtis to strike a blow against his biggest competitor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 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
He mumbled through his media briefing, giving very short answers, if he answered questions at all, before excusing himself after a couple of minutes.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2025
“Two superstars from Japan aren’t enough?” the baseball world surely mumbled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2025
“Miss Two Legs? Why, that is not a very polite form of address,” Penelope mumbled in reply.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
Mollie Amkraut Mueller’s mumbling was starting to get on her husband’s nerves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026
To test this idea, the researchers combined self-directed internal speech, described as quiet "mumbling," with a specialized working memory system.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 28, 2026
The big man returned fairly soon after that, mumbling something about drinking too much water and about Barkley talking way too long when he really needed to cut to a break.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2025
There is part of me that wants to be happy about this mission, like Coleman is, instead of sourly mumbling about how the rocket is going up, and then back down.
From Slate ● Apr. 11, 2025
Heard him breathing heavy for a bit, then he started mumbling to himself as he settled back into bed.
From "Worth" by A. LaFaye
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