Example Sentences

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The hour's title is drawn from Booth's reported last words: "Useless, useless, useless," he is said to have mumbled while staring at his hands.

From Salon • Apr. 15, 2024

No más: Brando may have mumbled his way to screen fame, but when will today's film stars stop whisper-acting every line as if it were a secret?

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2015

At last, "Will ye hae's, Bell?" would have dropped from his half-reluctant lips; and Bell would have mumbled, "Ay," with her thumb in her mouth.

From Auld Licht Idyls by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)

Had I Alfred’s voice, I would not have mumbled for years over In Memoriam and the Princess, but sung such strains as would have revived the Μαραθωνομαχους ανδρας to guard the territory they had won. 

From Letters of Edward FitzGerald in two volumes, Vol. 1 by Wright, William Aldis

At last, "Will ye hae's, Bell?" would have dropped from his half-reluctant lips; and Bell would have mumbled "Ay," with her thumb in her mouth.

From Auld Licht Idylls by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)