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
Uma Raja, Sun Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2025
Then Hamm mumbled something under his breath, and Culkin asked him to repeat it.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 12 Apr. 2025
Karl Johnson makes an excellent Firs, the ancient servant who regrets the freeing of the serfs and who alternates between dignified paeans to the old days and mumbling streams of profanities.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
The mumbling girl is ill and must be taken to hospital, where her mother whimpers prayers over her.
—Namwali Serpell, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2025
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Verb
Despite being a hearing aid specialist himself, Joe Gallagher spent three years convinced that his wife couldn’t stop mumbling.
—Uma Raja, Sun Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2025
Then Hamm mumbled something under his breath, and Culkin asked him to repeat it.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 12 Apr. 2025
Karl Johnson makes an excellent Firs, the ancient servant who regrets the freeing of the serfs and who alternates between dignified paeans to the old days and mumbling streams of profanities.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
The mumbling girl is ill and must be taken to hospital, where her mother whimpers prayers over her.
—Namwali Serpell, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mumble
Verb
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Here, every exposition-heavy line is muttered with the conviction of someone reciting the terms and conditions of an iPhone update.—
Will Leitch,
Vulture,
27 May 2025
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He is made, late in the show, to feign a seizure in a moment that doesn’t land, and the blocking of his final scene, in which the actor mutters to the ceiling while lying on his back, similarly thuds.—
Daniel D'Addario,
Variety,
24 Mar. 2025
Noun
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One legend says workers found fake coins during excavations on the site; others hold whispers of kings, assassinations and shady land ownership.—
Lily Radziemski,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
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There are no tanks on the streets or intelligence agents stamping out whispers of dissent.—
Leila Fadel,
NPR,
29 May 2025
Noun
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Roki Sasaki would lift his left leg almost to his head, stretch far down the front side of the mound, and let out a grunt as a blur of white leather came screaming from his hand.—
Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2025
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Then, the researchers performed a statistical analysis of specific two-call combinations — such as a grunt followed by a bark — that were documented in multiple animals.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
11 May 2025
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“Mumble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mumble. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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