muttered

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At that point during the hearing, Darren Coates - one of Ian's sons - muttered "damn right".

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

"Hoodlums," muttered 80-year-old village chief Joseph Batangouna as he walked past a group of young people sitting by the side of road in Mayitoukou, Congo-Brazzaville.

From Barron's • Mar. 14, 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 their names were called, some racers gave a polite wave to the crowd, while others muttered into the headsets they use to talk to their pit crews.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2025

“Let’s go, team,” Jonah muttered under his breath, because the tone of Katherine’s words made them sound like they should be accompanied by cartwheels and splits and arms thrown victoriously up in the air.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix