muttered

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Muttered Persian lines from the text were woven into the restless music, though, even here, the piece over all had a self-contained, contemplative character.

From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2016

Muttered one Atlantic City promoter: "I guess we'll have to go back to pushing beaches."

From Time Magazine Archive

Muttered O'Neill as he shambled off the stage: "Who talked me into doing that?"

From Time Magazine Archive

Muttered he gloomily: "Sam packed the committee against me."

From Time Magazine Archive

The man looked grave, and in the corner cast   His old fur bonnet, wet with rain and sea, Muttered awhile, and scratched his head,—at last   "We have five children, this makes seven," said he.

From Poems by Hugo, Victor