mutter
verb (used without object)
to utter words indistinctly or in a low tone, often as if talking to oneself; murmur.
has been muttering
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present perfect progressiveof mutter (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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The caper succeeds, up to a point, and the Digger is able to shut up his wife, who has been muttering and crossing herself, by promising her a trip to San Juan.
From Time Magazine Archive
Yes, sir," continued the corporal, "and the Haussa has been muttering while he was coming to.
From Wilmshurst of the Frontier Force by Ernest Prater
The man you hit first, Squire, did not move until a quarter of an hour ago; he has been muttering to himself since, but I don't think he is sensible.
From Colonel Thorndyke's Secret by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
By this, they mean, that the patient, in imperfect sleep, has been muttering half-connected sentences; and the word, roading, is taken from the mode in which they catch woodcocks.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845 by Various
The mob has been muttering as usual whenever the King's back is turned.
From Master Olof : a Drama in Five Acts by Edwin Björkman
