muttering

As I try to decipher what these polls mean, I often find myself muttering, “Will someone please save me from this troublesome priest?”

“The dog attacked him, biting his chest and then his hand. Muhammed didn’t speak, only muttering ‘No, no, no.’

Sanders “shows no slippage, no discernible stuttering or muttering or age-related disconnect,” said Nelson, who has known the senator for more than half a century, going back to Sanders’ rabble-rousing days as a repeatedly unsuccessful candidate for statewide office.

"On comes Holland, a camera following him from backstage. He’s tearful, morose, muttering. He’s a very sad boy in a tight white vest," Bano wrote.

Daniels’ testimony elicited strong feelings from Trump, who at one point caught the attention of the judge by muttering an expletive during Daniels’ memorable description of a playful spanking.