muttered
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Then, turning to me, she muttered, “Not according to the internet this week. I’m joking!”
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026
“After overhearing a passionate ideological dispute around her own kitchen table between the future Nobel laureate for literature and his radical friends from the University of Chicago, she muttered: ‘Smart, smart, smart.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
As hard as she tried to paint Mamdani’s proposals as unreasonable, she often muttered “right” under her breath as he answered her questions, serving to unintentionally bolster his talking points.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2025
By 02:00, the last muttered conversations faded away.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2025
“Man, you were a jerk,” Regan muttered, and I turned to smile at her.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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