as in muttering
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as in murmuring
to speak softly and unclearly
I can't understand you if you mumble
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Noun
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His wife, here named Morgan (Alana Arenas), is in legal trouble, too; her anger betrays itself via wonderful little volcanic rumbles.—
Helen Shaw,
The New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2025 -
Photos by Sinna Nasseri By Sunday morning on the Sunset Strip, there was no escaping the wail of West Hollywood: the rumble of Harley Davidsons; the shudder of police helicopters; the blast of bass-heavy hip-hop from the guts of a Porsche convertible.—
Edmund Vallance,
AFAR Media,
18 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Larson no doubt heard the rumblings that perhaps next year would bring a serious — or simply well-funded —challenger in a town district that has not elected a Republican since 1956.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
5 Apr. 2025
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At the Gold Gala in May 2024, Christine cleared up chatter about rumblings that she was supposed to join RHOBH way back in 2014.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Despite some murmurs about The White Lotus losing its bite—or at least taking its sweet time to return—the HBO show proved its staying power in a big way.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
7 Apr. 2025
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The soft murmur of a few dozen conversations lingered outside a small auditorium named after Lyndon Baines Johnson, the 36th president who overhauled the way Americans pay for college.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA TODAY,
18 Jan. 2025
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“Mumbling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mumbling. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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