Example Sentences
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"Hoodlums," muttered 80-year-old village chief Joseph Batangouna as he walked past a group of young people sitting by the side of road in Mayitoukou, Congo-Brazzaville.
From Barron's ● Mar. 14, 2026
“After overhearing a passionate ideological dispute around her own kitchen table between the future Nobel laureate for literature and his radical friends from the University of Chicago, she muttered: ‘Smart, smart, smart.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
I muttered my song again: “Flying in circles for 90 minutes somewhere near Rochester.”
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2025
“Senior moment,” a disappointed Big Red teammate muttered in the dugout.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2025
“Well, that’s different,” Regan muttered as she started pulling off her own probes and sticking them back on the sensor plate in front of us.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
