How to Use mutter in a Sentence

mutter

verb

• Some employees are muttering about the changes in the pension plan.
• She angrily muttered something about her bad luck.
• She sat practicing her speech, muttering to herself.
• Those last three words are muttered every time a recorder is turned on.
  — Charlie Hatch, Cincinnati.com, 2 Oct. 2017
• That doesn't give you the right to mutter not-so-sweet nothings.
  — Elissa Sanci, Woman's Day, 12 May 2022
• The cashier blinked at me and muttered how these were undershirts.
  — Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2023
• Let some poor nag so much as lay back his ears and people mutter threats and reach for the nearest club.
  — David E. Petzal, Field & Stream, 26 Dec. 2020
• Gaze low, the boy muttered an acquiescence to give the test a try.
  — Lara N. Dotson-Renta, The Atlantic, 25 June 2017
• The actor rocked back and forth while pulling his hair and muttering to himself.
  — Ryan Faircloth, Twin Cities, 5 July 2019
• Ramirez muttered and sighed as the teens, with their baby faces and coltish bodies, bumbled a run-through.
  — Diana Marcum, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2019
• Or maybe the name was inspired by someone muttering something about a load of bunkum.
  — Janet Eastman, OregonLive.com, 21 May 2017
• Those were some of the words head coach John Brannen muttered after the loss.
  — Charlie Hatch, Cincinnati.com, 5 Mar. 2018
• Burnt to a crisp, Spear can barely mutter Mira's name one last time.
  — Darren Franich, EW.com, 17 Sep. 2022
• On Thursday, he was caught muttering under his breath to the crowd.
  — Luke Kerr-Dineen, USA TODAY, 16 June 2017
• That’s led to some muttering about whether someone could catch him in the rankings by next summer.
  — Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
• Kershaw shook his head and muttered to himself as the ball disappeared.
  — Andy McCullough, latimes.com, 24 Oct. 2017
• In the village, men mutter about their land being taken over by outsiders.
  — Catherine Bray, Variety, 15 Feb. 2026
• Ivan muttered something in Russian and looked at me with contempt.
  — Nimrod Nir, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2018
• Does anyone dare mutter a single un-strategic comment about the food?
  — Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2025
• Williams clenched his teeth, squeezed his armrests, pushed himself into the back of his seat and kept muttering prayers.
  — Jonathan Edwards, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Feb. 2023
• One of my new friends muttered an exclamation, jumped up and pursued the woman.
  — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 28 July 2023
• Inside the container, a pale, formless mass muttered and burped.
  — Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2019
• The older lady who was muttering to herself in casting is there.
  — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Jan. 2026
• Then, while there was still enough light to see them plainly, the two came stalking out of the brush, growling and muttering.
  — Doris Decleene, Outdoor Life, 25 Feb. 2026
• Brother Reilly slept through the entire day and then through the night, muttering the whole time.
  — John L’heureux, The New Yorker, 14 May 2018
• After muttering at the sky, the woman in the sleeping bag blew a raspberry at it.
  — Myriam Gurba, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023
• Because shooting Nazis while sneaking around and muttering gruffly is just, like, fun.
  — Julie Muncy, WIRED, 26 July 2019
• The explosion of noise at kick-off had subsided to muttering.
  — Michael Walker, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2025
• 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
• The van pulled into the street, and the crowd followed, muttering lamentations.
  — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025