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

Kawhi Leonard mumbled his way through a few answers to questions Monday about his endorsement deal with Aspiration Partners that has triggered an NBA investigation into whether the Clippers circumvented the league salary cap.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2025

After a period dominated by the mumbled bars of Souncloud rap, her precision was a breath of fresh air.

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2025

I made friends, held hands in a circle, mumbled along to “Kumbaya,” and now here I am in the cramped aisle of a commercial jet, traveling by myself like a fancy, mature young woman.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith