mumbled

Example Sentences

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He mumbled something about more tests being needed and quickly left the room.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 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

It's a rare flash of humour from the frontman, whose onstage utterings are mostly limited to mumbled "thank yous".

From BBC • Nov. 21, 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

Then I mumbled for my ears alone, “Sounds like a bunch of grown-up persons running around playing make-believe.”

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan