muttering
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Teachers scooped up the stragglers and ushered them into the shelter's entrance, while the cleaner scanned the playground, muttering as she checked that no one had been left behind.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
Then we can make more Oppenheimer comparisons when he winds up pacing the frontiers, wringing his hands and muttering the Bhagavad Gita about what he’s unleashed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
In “Resident Evil,” Abrams’ Bryan spends much of his lonely mission muttering to himself in annoyance and sometimes victory, much like a gamer would.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Beavis and Butt-head might leave chaos and destruction in their muttering, giggling wake, but they rarely suffer lasting harm themselves.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
Gervean sat in the row across from us, and Gran kept muttering to herself.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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