Example Sentences
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Muttered Persian lines from the text were woven into the restless music, though, even here, the piece over all had a self-contained, contemplative character.
From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2016
Muttered Lehman: "I shall be delighted to stand by my desk if that is the only argument that can be raised."
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Muttered her companion: "Better he should have stayed dead."
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Muttered one old hand: "It's like a warm breath of spring in an icebox."
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But I have prayed so much, I trust Her words may prove untrue; Though in a tomb the hag accurst Muttered: "Prepare thee for the worst!"
From Poems by Hugo, Victor