- present participle of mumble.
mumbling
Example Sentences
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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
Dad was in the living room, shuffling through blueprints for the granaries and mumbling to himself.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
