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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Though filming clearly has not yet begun, there are rumblings (relayed to TVLine by reader newsjunkie) that the series will film in Toronto, save for some on-location establishing shots.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
25 Mar. 2025
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Many residents took to online platforms to describe a sudden jolt and a brief rumbling, with some reporting minor shaking of furniture.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
10 Mar. 2025
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And while manager Greg Vanney doesn’t really have enough options to consider dropping Reus from his XI at the moment, there were murmurs about a percieved lack of effort in Sunday’s 3-0 home defeat to St. Louis City.—
Ian Nicholas Quillen,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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But film editing is an often invisible line of work, and this year it’s unfortunately made even more invisible by the murmurs on whether Gascón will show up.—
Melissah Yang,
refinery29.com,
2 Mar. 2025
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“Mumbling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mumbling. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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