as in murmuring
to speak softly and unclearly
I can't understand you if you mumble
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Recent Examples of mumbling
Sonal Dutt, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 27 Aug. 2025
Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Oct. 2025
During the video, the person can be heard mumbling and breathing heavily.
—Claudia Lauer, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
So meagre, my wife, the one sitting next to her, kept mumbling, ‘Is this it?
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2025
Verb
The stop-motion digital series about a jolly, mumbling, pint-size cook serves up a big slice of serotonin.
—Sonal Dutt, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
But between the copy-paste pessimism and lovesick mumbling, there’s a handful of artists on the edge of the underground rewiring guitars in inventive ways.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
The character in question, Charlie Saxton's Damon Drecker, had a remarkably similar haircut to Samberg's mumbling rapper.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Oct. 2025
During the video, the person can be heard mumbling and breathing heavily.
—Claudia Lauer, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
So meagre, my wife, the one sitting next to her, kept mumbling, ‘Is this it?
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mumbling
Verb
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My husband has been muttering in a loop about tuition, books, food, and transportation to and from home to campus.—
Melissa Willets,
Parents,
15 Sep. 2025
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He was also heard muttering expletives down the stretch, visibly battling the heat and pressure.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Aug. 2025
Noun
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His voice is a rich baritone, like a rumble coming from deep inside a mountain.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
14 Oct. 2025
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This mobile bar crisscrosses the room’s checkerboard floor with the growling rumble of a subway train.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
12 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Ingberg, 23, drove the sputtering car to Akeley, dropped it off at a mechanic and hopped in Hansen’s squad car for a ride back to his home in Wadena.—
Alex Haddon,
Twin Cities,
13 Oct. 2025
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Then Waller held forth on the economy and the sputtering labor market.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The lighting was bright and red, the thunder was a long deep rumbling.—
Kaijing Xiao,
ABC News,
12 Oct. 2025
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Due to their rough start to the season, there have been rumblings about the team becoming a seller ahead of the trade deadline.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Shockwaves on prices and murmuring of massive layoffs abound at cocktail parties and in discussions with retail and brand executives alike.—
Greg Petro,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The visitors’ locker room inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium was silent, not even a mumble.—
Nicki Jhabvala,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The bad news is that there are already murmurs in Brussels about piecemeal, incremental measures – harmonizing certain national laws, creating yet another framework for EU member states to fuss over and interpret.—
Jan Hammer,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
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It was said that the people of Owensboro could hardly sleep for the town’s murmur.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Mumbling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mumbling. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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