mutter
Example Sentences
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“Yeah, and while you were gone, Mark Chesley almost got her,” I mutter under my breath.
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Meadowlark flips over and mutters something I can’t make out and hugs a pillow to her chest, but she doesn’t open her eyes.
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Father sleeps through the day and lies awake at night, tossing and turning, muttering prayers to El Dio, who seems not to be listening.
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Pelicarnassus was muttering angrily as he forced his way through the remnants of the giant robot pelican suit.
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“Don’t want to ride this dumb bus,” Ralph muttered, and I guess that was the real truth.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.