mumble

Example Sentences

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I’m usually so uncomfortable in these situations that I mumble something about how we all make choices and sometimes things don’t turn out like we expect.

From Washington Post

Another rifled through three dirty bags as he mumbled.

From Los Angeles Times

People sometimes call him Sir Gawain, and then he has to mumble out a correction, which is embarrassing.

From New York Times

When his friend, nicknamed “Uppercut,” approaches people with goofy grins and incoherent mumbles, Lagway supplies the context: “He’s just a happy drunk and he’s had too much to drink.”

From Los Angeles Times

He’s great at picking up insider images, too, as when Bannon describes Giuliani, in his aphasic periods, as in the “mumble tank.”

From Los Angeles Times