mumble

Example Sentences

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This is when many older workers quietly mumble to themselves: “I’m done with that,” she says.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

But to bemoan the barely audible banality of it all – the dull motives, the mumbled attempts to shift blame, the sullen complaints about prison life and unsatisfactory psychiatric evaluations - is to miss the truth.

From BBC

“Wishin’ that they could be us so all they do is hate,” he mumbled under his breath.

From Salon

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