mumble
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“Since I’ve become a central banker, I’ve learned to mumble with great incoherence,” he quipped at one of his first hearings as Fed chairman in 1987.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
"My fingers may fumble, my mouth may mumble and each step I take may result in a stumble. But I cannot grumble."
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
Peters started to mumble, sway and close his eyes as the camera panned away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2026
This wasn’t cause for concern — a lot of students mumble.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2024
“He’s not home till later,” I mumble, pacing the living room.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
She opens her mouth to speak, and then mumbles: "I just looked after the baby."
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
“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
It is the name he mumbles when he is feverish in sleep and the one-word question when he needs to know I am near.
From Seattle Times ● May 5, 2023
Joon mumbles something that sounds close to the formal greeting, but he does not bow.
From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na
I mumbled, “This place reminds me of New York,” hoping that would end the dialogue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
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
“I don’t know,” Anya mumbled, trying her best not to look at Håkon.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
Mollie Amkraut Mueller’s mumbling was starting to get on her husband’s nerves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 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
Stevenson seemed to deliberately deflect attention from Stephen’s words, mumbling lines as though they were the character’s private property and not meant to be spoken aloud.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2025
Mrs. Diamant saw and shook her head, mumbling.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
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