mutter
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They grads are also primed to boo any speakers who so much as mutter the words “artificial intelligence.”
From Slate ● May 20, 2026
The locals in their working-class part of the city of Sahiwal mutter that Zeba is living under a curse after her previous suitors died in mysterious circumstances.
From Barron's ● Feb. 21, 2026
When Musk makes the same prediction, analysts roll their eyes and mutter about missed timelines.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 15, 2026
You’ll watch Rex Ryan pick apart your decisions and mutter to yourself: Rex Ryan?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026
Before I can mutter my line, Oscar Mancini raises his hand.
From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez
“Bring it home — for Kwei,” he mutters in an elaborate creature language invented expressly for the film.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2025
The man and woman walk by me as the man mutters, “You people are crazy” and other words people don’t usually say on the streets of Pella.
From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2025
At one point, Yoshii mutters, “So this is how you get into hell.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2025
Some are goofily anachronistic, as when Johnson mutters a few times about pulling himself up by his bootstraps like everyone else.
From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2024
“Boys are always hungry,” she mutters before taking a jar of peanut butter off the shelf.
From "Dragons in a Bag" by Zetta Elliott
"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
By 02:00, the last muttered conversations faded away.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2025
I muttered my song again: “Flying in circles for 90 minutes somewhere near Rochester.”
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2025
“The box office is the best job I’ve ever had,” he muttered, though when his eyes met hers, he looked ready to say something else.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
Kail hustles through the emotional beats like a tour guide muttering, “You know what happened here.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
You can almost imagine Palace officials rolling their eyes and muttering, "Nightmare".
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
At one point these diminutive, muttering, bewhiskered mechanics accompany Grogu on a side quest, piling into a bitty space ship.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
That approach contrasts with reports of tension under Alonso, with Vinicius muttering "I'm going to leave this team" after being substituted in October's Clasico.
From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2026
He shook his head and went back to his digging, muttering “dragons” under his breath.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
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