How to Use mutter in a Sentence

mutter

verb

• Some employees are muttering about the changes in the pension plan.
• She angrily muttered something about her bad luck.
• She sat practicing her speech, muttering to herself.
• That doesn't give you the right to mutter not-so-sweet nothings.
  — Elissa Sanci, Woman's Day, 12 May 2022
• Those were some of the words head coach John Brannen muttered after the loss.
  — Charlie Hatch, Cincinnati.com, 5 Mar. 2018
• The cashier blinked at me and muttered how these were undershirts.
  — Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2023
• Gaze low, the boy muttered an acquiescence to give the test a try.
  — Lara N. Dotson-Renta, The Atlantic, 25 June 2017
• Those last three words are muttered every time a recorder is turned on.
  — Charlie Hatch, Cincinnati.com, 2 Oct. 2017
• Lee then looked Davitt in the eye, muttered under his breath and chuckled, Davitt said in the complaint.
  — Perry Vandell, azcentral, 1 Nov. 2019
• The actor rocked back and forth while pulling his hair and muttering to himself.
  — Ryan Faircloth, Twin Cities, 5 July 2019
• Let some poor nag so much as lay back his ears and people mutter threats and reach for the nearest club.
  — David E. Petzal, Field & Stream, 26 Dec. 2020
• Brother Reilly slept through the entire day and then through the night, muttering the whole time.
  — John L’heureux, The New Yorker, 14 May 2018
• Ramirez muttered and sighed as the teens, with their baby faces and coltish bodies, bumbled a run-through.
  — Diana Marcum, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2019
• Huey-You muttered with a grin, referring to the last one, an advanced physics course.
  — Diane Smith, star-telegram.com, 12 May 2017
• Andrew’s middle child, 20-year-old Greg, clumped down the stairs, muttered good morning, and grabbed a bagel from the fridge.
  — Dr. Daniela Lamas, miamiherald, 2 Apr. 2018
• Burnt to a crisp, Spear can barely mutter Mira's name one last time.
  — Darren Franich, EW.com, 17 Sep. 2022
• The phone rang and rang, so many times that Bob muttered Jesus Christ and was about to hang up when a woman answered.
  — Tom Hanks, Harper's Magazine, 5 Jan. 2023
• On Thursday, he was caught muttering under his breath to the crowd.
  — Luke Kerr-Dineen, USA TODAY, 16 June 2017
• Or maybe the name was inspired by someone muttering something about a load of bunkum.
  — Janet Eastman, OregonLive.com, 21 May 2017
• Reyerson agreed that Floyd appeared to mutter the phrase.
  — Fox News, 8 Apr. 2021
• The moment that had Sproles muttering to himself on the sideline occurred late in the first half.
  — Sam McDowell, kansascity, 17 Sep. 2017
• Williams clenched his teeth, squeezed his armrests, pushed himself into the back of his seat and kept muttering prayers.
  — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2023
• After muttering at the sky, the woman in the sleeping bag blew a raspberry at it.
  — Myriam Gurba, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023
• Ivan muttered something in Russian and looked at me with contempt.
  — Nimrod Nir, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2018
• Kershaw shook his head and muttered to himself as the ball disappeared.
  — Andy McCullough, latimes.com, 24 Oct. 2017
• Democrats privately mutter that some of them might have posed a greater threat to DeSantis.
  — Time, 25 Sep. 2022
• The cosmic ray noise is so bad that has driven physicists to live at the bottom of mine shafts, muttering in order to get away from them.
  — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 7 Sep. 2017
• As the lawyers discussed the boundary lines of testimony, Trump muttered loud enough for some observers in the courtroom to hear.
  — Mark Berman, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2024
• When a security guard appeared to urge the music star up the stairs, Rowland turned around and put her hands on the security guard's shoulder, muttering something.
  — Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 22 May 2024
• Our very own Amelia Bedelia drops a utensil onto the primary and clumsily reaches over the captain to pour his wine, muttering panicked apologies.
  — Molly Fitzpatrick, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 3 Dec 2024