mumble
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The singles, more concerned about their romantic fate than patriotic duty, mumble through the lyrics.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
In my rare visits to modern art museums, I mumble: “This piece represents an indictment of societal norms.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 18, 2026
This wasn’t cause for concern — a lot of students mumble.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2024
“Never heard that before,” he said, because mumble, mumble, George-Washington-and-the-Sound-of-History roaring in his ears.
From Slate ● May 28, 2024
Eventually, he heard Daniel mumble goodbyes and hurry out the apartment.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
“Why are you talking to me?” she mumbles in faux outrage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2025
Unfortunately for Fox, much of what Homan has to say is hard to understand, because he mumbles.
From Slate ● May 18, 2024
For some, Stan is the pioneer of mumble rap - a loosely defined rap genre where the singer mumbles rhymes without any emphasis on lyricism - in India.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2023
“This was the last real grunge hit,” a singer mumbles into the microphone before belting “Plowed” by Sponge.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 2023
“Here we go again,” Pri mumbles as she comes to stand next to me.
From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi
He mumbled something about more tests being needed and quickly left the room.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
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 ● Dec. 2, 2025
It's a rare flash of humour from the frontman, whose onstage utterings are mostly limited to mumbled "thank yous".
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2025
But Mamdani’s speech was not the ritual of unity and healing they wanted and expected, and they were reduced to mumbled excuses about the microphone, his tone of voice and his inexperience.
From Salon ● Nov. 8, 2025
He mumbled and grunted, his head hidden under the hood.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
Exiting the event, Shulman shuffled out with the crowd, headed next to a TikTok Grammys party, mumbling to a fellow attendee that his company seemed to be “persona non grata.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 2026
To test this idea, the researchers combined self-directed internal speech, described as quiet "mumbling," with a specialized working memory system.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 28, 2026
There is part of me that wants to be happy about this mission, like Coleman is, instead of sourly mumbling about how the rocket is going up, and then back down.
From Slate ● Apr. 11, 2025
She paused for a few seconds, getting up from the chair and slowly walking toward the library before mumbling: “But I don’t want no record.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2024
Aint you done enough moaning and slobbering today, without hiding off in this here empty room, mumbling and taking on.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
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