mumble
verb (used without object)
to speak in a low indistinct manner, almost to an unintelligible extent; mutter.
mumbling
Example Sentences
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Mollie Amkraut Mueller’s mumbling was starting to get on her husband’s nerves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026
Over coffee at Cromwell’s Drugstore, the yet-to-be-discovered actors would discuss the mumbling, moving technique of another young actor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2026
To test this idea, the researchers combined self-directed internal speech, described as quiet "mumbling," with a specialized working memory system.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 28, 2026
Elon Musk might be mumbling and hiding his pupils any time he gets near a stage, but that doesn't mean he lacks energy in the Oval Office.
From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2025
Yet in among his mumbling there were words of what the bird had sung and what the water had said falling.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
