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
EW.com, 9 July 2025
His few radio appearances were mumbled, halting, awkward.
—arkansasonline.com, 5 July 2025
We’re used to the actual pick announcements being mumbled into a microphone, so contracting out some charisma wasn’t the worst idea.
—Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 28 June 2025
Sly extended his hand without raising his body and mumbled several in decipherable sentences.
—Timothy Crouse, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2025
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Verb
The teen, bare-chested with unkempt hair under an askew cap, mumbles through a half-hearted apology and refuses to remove his ostentatious sunglasses when asked by the interviewer.
—EW.com, 9 July 2025
His few radio appearances were mumbled, halting, awkward.
—arkansasonline.com, 5 July 2025
We’re used to the actual pick announcements being mumbled into a microphone, so contracting out some charisma wasn’t the worst idea.
—Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 28 June 2025
Sly extended his hand without raising his body and mumbled several in decipherable sentences.
—Timothy Crouse, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2025
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Verb
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Police searched for Best and his son Zeke for two days before a group of hunters came across the father naked in the snow alongside a local highway and muttering incoherently with baby Zeke laying dead nearby, PEOPLE reported at the time.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
28 July 2025
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Before immediately snapping, sighing loudly, or muttering a passive-aggressive comment, try pausing to consider what else might be going on first: Maybe your barista’s slammed with 10 other complicated orders, for instance, or your housemate had a brutal week at work.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
17 June 2025
Noun
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Retail therapy glints at Luxury Plaza: think OMEGA watches, fine jewellery, and a whisper of indulgence.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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These rules were administered via cold shoulders and whispers.—
Alessandra Schade,
Time,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The 250+ has plenty of grunt for most of the driving normal people do.—
Chad Kirchner,
ArsTechnica,
16 July 2025
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Grouchy faces tend to favor grunts as their code of exchange.—
Han Ong,
New Yorker,
22 June 2025
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“Mumble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mumble. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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