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
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
After exiting the ride, Christopher Hawley walked haltingly, held onto a handrail for support and mumbled that his head hurt, according to the lawsuit.
—Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 19 Mar. 2025
Secular humanists are content to mumble something about the imagination.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
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Verb
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
After exiting the ride, Christopher Hawley walked haltingly, held onto a handrail for support and mumbled that his head hurt, according to the lawsuit.
—Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 19 Mar. 2025
Secular humanists are content to mumble something about the imagination.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mumble
Verb
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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
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Victoria barely muttered a word to Kate, who approached the Ratliffs during a meal, making the exchange extra awkward.—
Alli Rosenbloom,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2025
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The days before the storied conclave May 7 at the Vatican are not idle, and an unspoken selection process is already underway amid whispers in corridors and cafes throughout Rome and other cities in Italy.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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There’s been whispers all season that if the Knicks lost in the first round that things wouldn’t be the same next year.—
James L. Edwards III,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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The conversation builds, with groans and grunts and heaving sighs, rattling the valley and its birds.—
Sarah Matusek,
Christian Science Monitor,
4 Apr. 2025
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Bonobos, great apes related to us and chimpanzees that live in the Republic of Congo, communicate with vocal calls including peeps, hoots, yelps, grunts, and whistles.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Mumble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mumble. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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