as in mutter
speech that is not clear enough to be understood
please answer the question without your usual mumble and try to use complete sentences
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as in to mutter
to speak softly and unclearly
I can't understand you if you mumble
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Recent Examples of mumble
E.r. Pulgar, Pitchfork, 10 Mar. 2026
The visitors’ locker room inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium was silent, not even a mumble.
—Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026
Both look over at me and then Lumet mumbles something and the conversation abruptly ends.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2026
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Noun
There’s a way to use vocoder and elicit emotion—see Bon Iver or Rosalía—but MORI’s technique shrinks the warmth of his bari-bass to a barely intelligible mumble.
—E.r. Pulgar, Pitchfork, 10 Mar. 2026
The visitors’ locker room inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium was silent, not even a mumble.
—Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
At last, Henley mumbled something.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026
Both look over at me and then Lumet mumbles something and the conversation abruptly ends.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mumble
Noun
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Six mutters and sighs and rolls his head as if profoundly exasperated.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
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Reggie mutters pathetically, but what Dowd’s script acutely understands that anyone with authority over them — from their penny-pinching manager to the fans whose loyalty heavily depends on either the Chiefs record or their entertainment value — sees them as nothing more than cattle.—
Vikram Murthi,
IndieWire,
19 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Look for alcohol-free, subtle formulas the goal is a whisper of fragrance, not a perfume cloud that announces itself from across the room.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Miami Herald,
10 June 2026
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In biergartens, servers carry trays where alcohol‑free helles — a traditional pale lager — sits shoulder‑to‑shoulder with the classic stuff, no longer ordered with a whisper or judgment.—
David Dickstein,
Oc Register,
10 June 2026
Noun
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By pulling this string, the locals made an amplified grunting noise similar to that of a jaguar.—
Delbert L. Chears,
Outdoor Life,
5 Mar. 2026
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And the interesting thing is that as my intensity increases, so does my grunting.—
Brandon Griggs,
CNN Money,
8 July 2025
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As for grunt, Akira One is powered by twin MTU engines rated at 2,226 hp, enabling a top speed of 18 knots, a cruising speed of 14 knots, and a range of 3,000 nautical miles.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
11 June 2026
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The second shot was an aggressive volley that was just about returned, but her third saw Williams swat the return volley away, accompanied by that trademark grunt that’s echoed around tennis venues for decades.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
9 June 2026
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Shockwaves on prices and murmuring of massive layoffs abound at cocktail parties and in discussions with retail and brand executives alike.—
Greg Petro,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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At least a little of the murmuring in the galleries surely was notes being shared about what everyone thinks of an art museum made up entirely of unfinished concrete, along with those aforementioned windows.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
29 June 2025
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“Mumble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mumble. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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