mumbled

Example Sentences

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Why learn anything when the answer will always be one mumbled request away?

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 24, 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

“Two superstars from Japan aren’t enough?” the baseball world surely mumbled.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2025

Fine,” Ella mumbled as she made a tiny mound of dirt in the middle of the circle of bottles and placed the seed inside.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton