as in muttering
speech that is not clear enough to be understood
says he talks in his sleep, but really it's just snorts and grunting
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as in mumbling
to speak softly and unclearly
was so absorbed with the video game that when asked what he wanted for dinner, he just grunted
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Recent Examples of grunting
Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
Buffalo could be heard splashing in the swamp and grunting for miles.
—Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 16 Oct. 2024
Which, by now, is bursting with so many grunting, burly men baying for blood that even attentive viewers might have trouble keeping track of who is whose son, or who wants to kill whom.
—Anupama Chopra, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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In three days, the Paris Olympics would begin, superimposing live contests of might and savvy over a grunting, deadlocked struggle for political power that had transfixed the country for weeks.
—Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
Buffalo could be heard splashing in the swamp and grunting for miles.
—Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 16 Oct. 2024
Which, by now, is bursting with so many grunting, burly men baying for blood that even attentive viewers might have trouble keeping track of who is whose son, or who wants to kill whom.
—Anupama Chopra, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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“Grunting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grunting. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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