Example Sentences

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“I am appalled,” Smokey Robinson told the Daily Mail in a phone call Wednesday before reportedly devolving into mumbles about being contacted at home.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2025

Unfortunately for Fox, much of what Homan has to say is hard to understand, because he mumbles.

From Slate • May 18, 2024

So now, as his camels are scattered in the field, feeding on thick green bushes, Mr Mahdi sits in the shade of a tree and mumbles slowly the words on his screen.

From BBC • Sep. 12, 2023

“This was the last real grunge hit,” a singer mumbles into the microphone before belting “Plowed” by Sponge.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 15, 2023

"That's not true, Seema," my mother mumbles, and Auntie Seema laughs because my mother's right.

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi