muttered; muttering; mutters
1
: to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed
… he gestured and muttered furiously in his lawyer's ear.—
Tana French
Tana French2
: to murmur complainingly or angrily : grumble
Some employees muttered about the changes in the pension plan.
: to utter especially in a low or imperfectly articulated manner
muttered an apology
mutter
noun
Examples of mutter in a Sentence
She angrily muttered something about her bad luck.
She sat practicing her speech, muttering to herself.
Some employees are muttering about the changes in the pension plan.
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Vic lowers his head to peer through the slot of visibility provided by the muttering dashboard defroster.
—Literary Hub, 10 June 2025
This is what many people are muttering to themselves after a weekend of protests that ended with chaos in downtown Sunday night.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
Here, every exposition-heavy line is muttered with the conviction of someone reciting the terms and conditions of an iPhone update.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 27 May 2025
He is made, late in the show, to feign a seizure in a moment that doesn’t land, and the blocking of his final scene, in which the actor mutters to the ceiling while lying on his back, similarly thuds.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 24 Mar. 2025
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Literary Hub, 10 June 2025
This is what many people are muttering to themselves after a weekend of protests that ended with chaos in downtown Sunday night.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
Here, every exposition-heavy line is muttered with the conviction of someone reciting the terms and conditions of an iPhone update.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 27 May 2025
He is made, late in the show, to feign a seizure in a moment that doesn’t land, and the blocking of his final scene, in which the actor mutters to the ceiling while lying on his back, similarly thuds.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 24 Mar. 2025
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“Mutter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mutter. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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