as in mutter
speech that is not clear enough to be understood
please answer the question without your usual mumble and try to use complete sentences
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as in to mutter
to speak softly and unclearly
I can't understand you if you mumble
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Recent Examples of mumble
Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 30 July 2024
Advertisement Haddix mumbled her thanks and slammed her screen down.
—Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2024
When mumbling their prayers over rosary beads, their tongues turned thick and foreign.
—Victor Lodato, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
After a sleepy young man mumbled his comment, O’Rourke encouraged him to stand up straighter and speak louder, so that politicians would know his thoughts mattered.
—Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 30 July 2024
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Verb
This female victim, however, was being particularly combative, struggling to free her arms from the straps and mumbling incoherently.
—Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 30 July 2024
Advertisement Haddix mumbled her thanks and slammed her screen down.
—Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2024
When mumbling their prayers over rosary beads, their tongues turned thick and foreign.
—Victor Lodato, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
After a sleepy young man mumbled his comment, O’Rourke encouraged him to stand up straighter and speak louder, so that politicians would know his thoughts mattered.
—Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 30 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mumble
Verb
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Elder economists muttered darkly of ancient times when the CPI rose by double digits, yet many a year had passed with no inflation sightings.Kevin Coldiron, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
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But when the man asked Valdivia for money on the train, the agent said no and the man muttered expletives while walking away, prosecutors said, according to NBC Washington.Antonio Planas, NBC News, 26 Nov. 2024
Noun
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With a fan balanced behind each ear, the device operates at the level of a whisper (30 decibels), and its battery can last for 17 hours, or the equivalent of two workdays.Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Dec. 2024
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Neutral and clean with just a whisper of grain and pepper to enliven the palate.Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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The base’s military police or grunts from the base under other commanders would be dispatched to his apartment.Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024
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While Jim was cashing NFL checks, John scraped by as a coaching grunt at five colleges, catching his break when Ray Rhodes hired him to lead the special teams with the Eagles.Dan Pompei, The Athletic, 26 Aug. 2024
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“Mumble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mumble. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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