Example Sentences

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Blavatsky in the bowl; every year since then, as we mark up our slips, somebody will mutter “H.P. Blavatsky,” and we’ll all laugh.

From Slate • Nov. 28, 2018

He will mutter things only he can hear or comprehend.

From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2013

And a host of moviewise people will mutter, "Yeah, well, it shoulda been Hoop Dreams."

From Time Magazine Archive

If he finds signs of developing nerves like a stiffening body or a tendency to move off the beat, he will mutter, "It's O.K." or "Better hurry up."

From Time Magazine Archive

There are a kind of men so loose of soul That in their sleep will mutter their affairs; One of this kind is Cassio.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 by Various