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I had been mumbling with closed eyes for hours.

From Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques by Huneker, James

Harrison had been mumbling along to Cyrus about what he wanted done with certain of his possessions.

From The Girls of Hillcrest Farm The Secret of the Rocks by Marlowe, Amy Bell

When the meeting adjourned, the lank unhealthy swaying creature in the corner, who had been mumbling the tractate Baba Kama out of courtesy, now burst out afresh in his quaint argumentative recitative.

From Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People by Zangwill, Israel

Everybody had been watching them except Harold who, though addressing his father, had been mumbling "what chaps had said" to his plate.

From This Freedom by Hutchinson, A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth)

Meanwhile Miss Forrest had clung tremblingly to my arm; Miss Forrest's aunt had looked fearfully, first at Voltaire, then at me; while Miss Staggles had been mumbling something about showing me out of doors.

From Weapons of Mystery by Hocking, Joseph