as in muttered
to speak softly and unclearly
in Hyde Park a clearly disturbed man was chuntering about something
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Bat met ball and, under his breath, Astros manager Joe Espada muttered an expletive.
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In the shadows of the long-hut, the elders muttered among themselves—of portents and crops and weather and the storage of grain.
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This succession was muddied thanks to the meddling of the King’s Hand, Otto Hightower, and the king’s own mumbled words on his deathbed to his wife, Alicent.
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Claiborne mumbled his responses to questions.
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“Chuntered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chuntered. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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