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• When you speak clearly, people understand you. If you don't mumble, the obverse effect is observed.From the entry obverse
• He always slurs his 'R's. I wish he'd stop mumbling.From the entry slurs
• There was an exciting proliferation of punk rap, mumble rap, emo rap and trap-influenced SoundCloud artists.2020, Adrian Besley, Billie Eilish: From e-girl to Icon, Michael O'Mara Books, →ISBN. From the entry mumble rap
• Derided by some, artists such as Future and Migos have been wildly successful mumble rap artists.2018, Nick J. Sciullo, Communicating Hip-Hop: How Hip-Hop Culture Shapes Popular Culture, page 40. From the entry mumble rap
• “I wonder if his Great Uncle was a Master Baiter?” mumbled Panda, laughing to himself.2018, Harry H. Batsford, The Monuments of Panda Johnson, page 41. From the entry master baiter
• Dulled by the burlap, Josiah’s incoherent implorations were a soft, wet mumble.2017, Hernan Diaz, In the Distance, Daunt Books (2018), page 230. From the entry imploration
• A bit like meeting on Tinder these days and awkwardly mumbling how you met your Tinderella.2014, Rebecca Dooley, "Peculiar pictorial pairings", The Courier (Newcastle University), Issue 1284, 10 February 2014, 10 February 2014…. From the entry Tinderella
• “Your grandmother,” he mumbles into my hair as we cuddle on the couch, “is made of awesome.”2013, Carrie Jones, Captivate, Bloomsbury, published 2010, →ISBN, page 150. From the entry awesome
• “I could try a ciphertext-only attack,” he mumbled to no one in particular.2005, Ryan Russell, Peter A Riley, Jay Beale, Chris Hurley, Tom Parker, Brian Hatch, Stealing the Network: How to Own an Identity: How to…. From the entry rubber-hose cryptanalysis
• “You know,” she mumbled around a huge, heavenly biteful, “I’ve been everywhere in this world.1999, Jill Shalvis, Who’s the Boss?, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 124. From the entry biteful
• We drop our eyes, mumble something inarticulate, add more tea to each other’s glasses, and nibble barankas.1984, Jackson J[erald] Benson, “The Last Battle”, in The True Adventures of John Steinbeck, Writer: A Biography, New York, N.Y.: The…. From the entry baranka
• Kind of pleased astonishment he looked, setting on the wagon in his Sunday pants, mumbling his mouth.1930, William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying, Library of America, published 1985, page 80. From the entry uncurried
• "We are going to run them machines an' don't you forgit it," mumbled Hellig, and lurched forward.1909, Edward Stratemeyer, The Rover Boys on Treasure Isle. From the entry forgit
• Fumfering – a word we get from Yiddish – means to mumble, mutter, murmur, dither, waffle, be evasive, temporize and stall.2022 April 29, Alon Pinkas, “Israel’s Ukraine Policy Isn't Only Immoral. It's Also Unwise”, in Haaretz, →OCLC, archived from the original…. From the entry fumfer
• A pause. nam: This is spaghetti. noah: (nervous mumbling) What?2021 November 23, Nam Nguyen, “Scene Ten: Phö^([sic]) Is The New Ramen, or, White People As They Truly Are”, in A Perfect Bowl of Pho…. From the entry bone apple teeth
• Madonna herself is heavily Auto-tuned, mumbling stuff about being a witch; she seems to blow on the flames of a pyre.2019 June 8, Kitty Empire, “Madonna: Madame X review – a splendidly bizarre return to form”, in The Guardian. From the entry lyricism
• “Hoggans?” Chloe mumbled around a mouthful of herby pasty.2017, Kathleen Ernst, Mining for Justice, Llewellyn Worldwide, →ISBN. From the entry hoggan
• “We were rudely interrupted by an earthquake,” Macey mumbled.2017–2020, Laura Greenwood, Skye MacKinnon, Seven Wardens: The Complete Collection, Peryton Press. From the entry waffley
• Instead, wrapped in whispers are ellipses, euphemisms, mumbled aporia followed by throat-clearing and a brisk change of subject.2016, Ian McEwan, Nutshell, Vintage, page 9. From the entry aporia
• He mumbled, 'She's gonna be fish food, I swear it.'2015, George R. R. Martin, Wild Cards 4-7: The Puppetman Quartet. From the entry fish food
• Hannah mumbled in a sarcastic icy tone.2013, Heather Stapp, The Narrow Path, →ISBN, page 51. From the entry woopty doo
• “Were a night like now,” he eventually mumbled.2013, Robin Jarvis, Dark Waters of Hagwood. From the entry danksome
• I just threw up a little,” he mumbled.2013, Monica Strang, The Starburst Juju, Pants On Fire Press, →ISBN, page 274. From the entry shazbat
• I think I said, "You mean it's Monday?" And I fumfed and mumbled and said something of a "thankyouthankyouthankyouokaythiswasworthbeingwokenupfor" nature.2008, Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book, New York, N.Y.: Harper, →ISBN, page 319. From the entry fumf
• "Uh, I'm having a problem " mumbled the soggy-gutted bear as he suddenly found himself wedged between two large Austrian women.2006, Duane K. Maddy, (Please provide the book title or journal name). From the entry gutted
• Mumbling and cursing with his double-barrel slung across his lap.2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, pages 46–47. From the entry double-barrel
• She mumbled something about the bus breaking down and gave them cold meat slices and shopbought salad for tea.2003, Sharon Owens, The Tea House on Mulberry Street, Waterville, Me.: Thorndike Press, published 2005, →ISBN, page 244. From the entry shopbought
• Do you ask yourself why the grandmother of an unintelligibly mumbling 14-year-old thuglet speaks with the clarity of Myrna Loy?1993 January, Albert Pyle, “The Best Schools on the Planet”, in Cincinnati Magazine, page 77. From the entry thuglet
• "Rest in Power," mumbles one of the boys.1992, Rubén Martínez, “Going Up in L.A.”, in The Other Side: Fault Lines, Guerrilla Saints, and the True Heart of Rock 'n' Roll, page 104. From the entry rest in power
• Don’t you say a goddamn mumbling word to me.1985, Joseph F. Trimmer, C. Wade Jennings, Fictions, page 912. From the entry y'allself
• He was a tall, gangly, shy satirist who mumbled to you with his head turned away and always said funny things.1957 September 5, Jack Kerouac, On the Road, New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, →OCLC. From the entry gangly
• Suffocating, she mumbled, that’s what he is!1956 September, Laura Beheler, chapter 16, in The Paper Dolls, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Company; Cambridge, Mass.: The Riverside…. From the entry boring
• All the same, he thought, Duror had the appearance of a drunk man, unshaven, slack-mouthed, mumbling, rather glaikit.1955, Robin Jenkins, The Cone-Gatherers, Canongate, published 2012, page 86. From the entry glaikit
• Embarrassed, Bradly mumbled in his beard and began to fill his pipe, inspected astutely by Podson the while.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 124. From the entry astutely
• "I hear the hum of a truck!" "So's your grandmother," mumbled Taylor, "Got planeitis and motoritis very bad!"1931, Ion L. Idriess, Lasseter's Last Ride, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 45. From the entry motoritis
• Mawkish pulp her mouth had mumbled sweetsour of her spittle.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[8]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC. From the entry seedcake
• This varisome globe that swirls on gimbal pins of prayers, begets a sort of musical ache not ministered to by the mumbles of the spheres.2015, Andrew Glaze, Overheard in a Drugstore. From the entry varisome

Meaning of mumble

1. verb To speak unintelligibly or inaudibly; to fail to articulate.
2. verb To chew something gently with closed lips.
3. noun A quiet or unintelligible vocalization; a low tone of voice.

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Questions about mumble in a sentence

How do you use mumble in a sentence?

Mumble is used as a verb and noun. For example: “Please try not to mumble so I can hear you better.”

What is a short sentence with mumble?

“Hannah mumbled in a sarcastic icy tone.”

What does mumble mean?

Mumble means to speak unintelligibly or inaudibly; to fail to articulate.