Example Sentences

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He mumbled something about more tests being needed and quickly left the room.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

Fed Chair Jerome Powell mumbled something about “ample reserves” and pointed back to 2019, when the repo market seized up overnight and forced the Fed to rush in with emergency cash.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 2, 2025

The people in shot mumbled and were drowned out by a blaring TV.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2025

“I got what I wanted,” the singer mumbled, by his brother’s account.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2025

I mumbled like a man talking in his sleep.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck