muttered
Example Sentences
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Francisco de Quevedo drank in long-gone watering holes where Luis de Góngora muttered his verse.
From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026
Levy brings a soft-spoken breathlessness you may recognize from his David Rose on “Schitt’s”; his softly muttered “OK,” which might just mean “stop talking,” is almost a trademark.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 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
“Is this where you tell me you don’t bite?” he muttered, a slight note of fear in his voice.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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