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muttering

  • present participle
    of mutter.
    mutter
    verb (used without object)
    to utter words indistinctly or in a low tone, often as if talking to oneself; murmur.
  • a word derived from mutter.
    mutter
    verb (used without object)
    to utter words indistinctly or in a low tone, often as if talking to oneself; murmur.

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Then we can make more Oppenheimer comparisons when he winds up pacing the frontiers, wringing his hands and muttering the Bhagavad Gita about what he’s unleashed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Beavis and Butt-head might leave chaos and destruction in their muttering, giggling wake, but they rarely suffer lasting harm themselves.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

When coders everywhere start muttering to their AI minions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026

If this conflict is sustained, economists are muttering about growth being perhaps just half of the 1.1% the Office for Budget Responsibility predicted for this year - or even less.

From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026

Gum Baby climbed down my back and stalked around the raft with tiny footsteps, muttering to herself.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia