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
Joshua Cohen, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2024
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
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Verb
Another guy mumbled to himself, squatting on cardboard in front of a bank.
—Joshua Cohen, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2024
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mumble
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The soldiers muttered encouragement; their horses nickered.Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
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Philippe Myers knelt on the side of Canada’s busiest highway and muttered a few curse words about his luck.Joshua Kloke, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
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Recent whispers from Washington suggest that tariffs are unlikely to be broad.Ganesh Rao, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2025
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Veteran journalist Kim Osorio appears in the doc and says that there were whispers that Porter was a victim of Combs’ abuse, and an attorney for a client who sued Combs says her client witnessed acts of violence against Porter.Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 13 Jan. 2025
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Assigning an employee grunt work is not delegating.Terina Allen, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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But not before the North Node of Destiny enters your sixth house of health, routine, and day-today grunt work as of January 11.Roya Backlund, StyleCaster, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Mumble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mumble. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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