mutter

Example Sentences

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But from the Russians, apart from some discontented mutterings about European involvement and unauthorised leaks, the response has been somewhat muted.

From BBC

For the first of 8,000 times over these three episodes, I mutter, “In this economy?”

From Seattle Times

“The muttering I’m hearing is that there’s concern he doesn’t have the ability to go the distance because of his interpersonal skills,” said New York-based Republican donor Eric Levine, a fierce Trump critic.

From Seattle Times

In Mr. DeSantis’s framing, these are the idealistic mutterings of a “Wilsonian.”

From New York Times

A man was weaving down the sidewalk in the direction of Joe’s restaurant with a saw, muttering to himself and then stopping to urinate a dozen feet from Joe’s outdoor tables.

From New York Times