mumble

[ˈmʌmbl]

Definition:
1. Talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice.
2. Grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty.

Use 'mumble' in a sentence:

1. mumble The old man mumbled something to me, but I could not understand him.
2. There was a pause while they all watched Ron mumble a little in his sleep.
3. He could hear the low mumble of Navarro's voice.
4. My words coming out in a quick mumble, but he understood, quite perfectly, and nodded.
5. When you mumble, people can't hear you clearly.
6. He was still mumbling something about hospitals at the end of the party when he slipped on a piece of ice and broke his left leg.
7. Do you think that people are always mumbling?
8. When the old lady speak she often mumble her word.
9. May : (Mumble) I want to be like her.
10. Instead of asking for help, point in the general direction of the book and mumble how it's all written down for them.
11. 'Today of all days,' she mumbled.
12. If you mumble it looks like you don't know what to say!
13. This causes problems for a little penguin named Mumble.
14. The old woman mumbled something that I couldn't hear.
15. From his staff he earned the sobriquet 'Mumbles'.
16. After we all piled in, the driver continued to mumble and grumble in order to let us know how unhappy he was.
17. The old man mumbled something to me, but I could not understand him.
18. He always mumbles when he's embarrassed.
19. He mumbled something about not wanting to go to work.
20. Mumble, boy, where are you?
21. He spoke in a low mumble, as if to himself.
22. For goodness'sakes, Lucy Marian, speak up! I can't abide children who mumble.
23. He was mumbling to himself unintelligibly.
24. George mumbled incoherently to himself.
25. May: ( Mumble) I want to be like her.
26. It is better to say nothing than to mumble.
27. Speak up. Don't mumble!
28. And KT is not one to mumble in the corner about it!
29. I chanced to hear the mumbled conversation in the subway.
30. No, he learned to mumble a few words when he lived for three years with a band of trained dogs.
31. Now mumble something quietly and play with your hair.
32. "Well," he conceded, "I do sometimes mumble a bit."
33. They mumble, break all the rules of grammar, slur words and so on.
34. ‘ Sorry, ’ she mumbled.
35. A person can nail a speech in the sense that he doesn't stumble, mumble, or have any awkward pauses.
36. After a while, the sleeping Cayce would start to mumble, as though searching for something.
37. He mumbled a few words and went off.
38. The man proved to be deaf as well as dim-witted, for his mumbled answers were quite irrelevant.
39. I could hear him mumbling to himself.
40. Mumble: They could have eaten you.
41. The body of the girl began to move, and she began to mumble something unintelligible.
42. I heard an incoherent mumble.
43. I could scarcely mumble while the police questioned me.
44. The only time most women give their orating husbands undivided attention is when the old boys mumble in their sleep.
45. When the old lady speaks she often mumbles her words.
46. 'I don't understand,' the Inspector mumbled, passing a hand through his hair.
47. She mumbled an apology and left.
48. It was embarrassing and sad to see this man reduced to a mumbling wreck.
49. One by one they came forward, mumbled grudging words of welcome, made awkward obeisances.
50. He mumbled some lame excuse about having gone to sleep.
51. He mumbled a few words.
52. Her grandmother mumbled in her sleep.
53. 'Well,' he conceded, 'I do sometimes mumble a bit.'