mumble
verb (used without object)
to speak in a low indistinct manner, almost to an unintelligible extent; mutter.
are mumbling
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present progressiveof mumble.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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His friends are mumbling something that sounds like “No, no”; but Josh has opened his floodgates, and the fears keep hurtling out.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 5, 2016
Men are mumbling and grunting à la True Detective.
From Slate ● Mar. 22, 2015
Oh, and thinking that actors are mumbling is, I'm afraid, from my own experience, an inevitable sign of ageing.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 30, 2012
It is when I try to take you practically at your word that I find you are mumbling a fetish.
From Simon Called Peter by Robert Keable
The Abbot Duckfoot--Holy John, Came waddling in and grumbling: 'What is't so late, when the feast is done, To fiddles ye are mumbling?
From Gaudeamus! Humorous Poems by Joseph Victor von Scheffel
