muttered; muttering; mutters
1
: to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed
… he gestured and muttered furiously in his lawyer's ear.—
Tana French
Tana French2
: to murmur complainingly or angrily : grumble
Some employees muttered about the changes in the pension plan.
: to utter especially in a low or imperfectly articulated manner
muttered an apology
mutter
noun
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Examples of mutter in a Sentence
She angrily muttered something about her bad luck.
She sat practicing her speech, muttering to herself.
Some employees are muttering about the changes in the pension plan.
Recent Examples on the Web
Musicians must become actors playing roles, hollering certain motifs and muttering others.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Inside the hall, the audience took care to still its usual soundtrack of muttering, shuffling, coughing, and snoring.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 16 Oct. 2024
His main lead is some name she was overheard muttering: Beetlejuice.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2024
Judges moved between the two groups, standing at various distances and angles while muttering about brightness levels and scratching out scores on our sheets, while the audience whispered amongst themselves.
—Nilay Patel, The Verge, 16 Aug. 2024
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Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Inside the hall, the audience took care to still its usual soundtrack of muttering, shuffling, coughing, and snoring.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 16 Oct. 2024
His main lead is some name she was overheard muttering: Beetlejuice.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2024
Judges moved between the two groups, standing at various distances and angles while muttering about brightness levels and scratching out scores on our sheets, while the audience whispered amongst themselves.
—Nilay Patel, The Verge, 16 Aug. 2024
See all Example Sentences for mutter
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“Mutter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mutter. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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