as in muttered
to speak softly and unclearly
was so absorbed with the video game that when asked what he wanted for dinner, he just grunted
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Recent Examples of grunted
Ohtani grunted his way through the trouble, emptying the tank to keep a zero on the board.
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Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grunted
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Although full disclosure, those two words were muttered in the press box Sunday after Nix had thrown two unsightly picks through the first three quarters of the Broncos’ win over Tennessee.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
7 Sep. 2025
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There are few actors whose disembodied voices could carry long stretches of cinema, but Dafoe manages it, turning monologues about marionette mechanics or muttered complaints about hotel politics into something weirdly magnetic.—
Leila Latif,
IndieWire,
31 Aug. 2025
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Vic mumbled, coughing sleep from his throat.—
Bryan Washington,
New Yorker,
7 Sep. 2025
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Deep breathing could be heard; birds chirped loudly outside; spectators murmured on the periphery.—
Sarah Larson,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Grunted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grunted. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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