mumbled

This quarterback was not the same one that had mumbled through his first meeting with the media months earlier.

In his last few public engagements, he has wandered off-target, mumbled incoherently and danced for 39 minutes in a manner that even had his supporters wondering what was wrong with him.

Meanwhile, my worthless partner just mumbled that I should “Forget it, go back to sleep, it’s fine.”

I clicked my heels together — I happened to be wearing red suede sneakers — and mumbled to myself: “There’s no place like a posh, membership-only holistic health club.”

He mumbled to himself, “Got some red paste, the tea tray...maybe he likes tea...”