dumbly

Example Sentences

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A version of La Marseillaise belted out on a busy metro train after the opening ceremony surpassed the more mumbly performance heard in the rain-soaked stands of the Trocadéro during the official event.

From BBC • Aug. 9, 2024

If you have ever wanted to see a bunch of mumbly nerds struggle to define what constitutes a “game,” well, is Epic v.

From The Verge • May 7, 2021

And yet grumpy, cocky, mumbly Arthur is still an action-star salad — a little bit Willis, a little bit Stallone and the tiniest chip off the old Rock.

From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2018

Jack Kesy gives an intense, committed performance in writer-director Daniel DiMarco's debut feature, "Juggernaut," playing an angry outsider whose mumbly voice and permanent scowl makes him a hard protagonist to like.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2018

I tugged the crusty bits of sleep out of my eyes and managed a mumbly “Fine.”

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller