muttering

Example Sentences

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If you’ve caught yourself muttering Carlton Fisk wouldn’t have given anyone a fist bump, then Raleigh’s snub probably makes your cold heart flutter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

If this conflict is sustained, economists are muttering about growth being perhaps just half of the 1.1% the Office for Budget Responsibility predicted for this year - or even less.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

He wants to know why she’s unhappy; the audience will be muttering, “Get a clue.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

As we lay in bed together reading, my sighs and muttering about “frickin’ three cliches in one paragraph” caused her to throw sideways glances my way.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2026

At last she stopped before the fire, and said, after muttering and looking at it some seconds,—

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens