mutter
verb (used without object)
to utter words indistinctly or in a low tone, often as if talking to oneself; murmur.
muttered
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past participleof mutter.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof mutter.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
mutterverb (used without object)to utter words indistinctly or in a low tone, often as if talking to oneself; murmur.
Example Sentences
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Metallica’s always been more existential than topical, but haven’t we all scrolled our feeds recently and muttered - “Darkness imprisoning me / All that I see, absolute horror.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
Then, turning to me, she muttered, “Not according to the internet this week. I’m joking!”
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026
At that point during the hearing, Darren Coates - one of Ian's sons - muttered "damn right".
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 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
“That’s easy for you to say,” he muttered in a huff.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
