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mumble

[muhm-buhl] / ˈmʌm bəl /


Example Sentences

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I kind of mumble it as I turn—all too aware of Jonesy.

From Literature

“Why are you talking to me?” she mumbles in faux outrage.

From Los Angeles Times

Fed Chair Jerome Powell mumbled something about “ample reserves” and pointed back to 2019, when the repo market seized up overnight and forced the Fed to rush in with emergency cash.

From MarketWatch

This is when many older workers quietly mumble to themselves: “I’m done with that,” she says.

From The Wall Street Journal

I throw it on over my dashiki and mumble my thanks.

From Literature