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- adjective Prone to
mumbling .
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Examples
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In contrast to the morose, mumbly heroine of Precious, Sidibe's own personality got to shine as she collected her trophy: that of a cheerful, chipmunk-voiced young woman whose Hollywood dreams are coming true.
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You can hear him drawing breath - tiny gasps during "Bloom," big gulpy lungfuls during "Morning Mr. Magpie" - but he exhales the same as ever: in a mumbly, monochromatic moan where the vowels are dramatic and the consonants are tough to make out.
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Rex Ryan isn't going to hear your shushing and fretting and suddenly transform into a mumbly Robert DeNiro.
Learning to Love Rex for Being Rex Jason Gay 2011
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Other than a few mumbly scenes between Hanks and Hoffman where the dialog was difficult to understand, I thought it was a decent movie, with a few downright funny bits, and a somber epilog.
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Plus, who needs all that mumbly emo crap when you can have a guy to build you a motorcycle!
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Brolin has to speak through his scarred mouth and that makes his words sort of mumbly.
Jackie K. Cooper: Jonah Hex: Why Did They Make This Movie? 2010
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Brolin has to speak through his scarred mouth and that makes his words sort of mumbly.
Jackie K. Cooper: Jonah Hex : Why Did They Make This Movie? 2010
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“My mother sent it,” I said, and my voice came out mumbly and quiet.
it’s not summer wi thout you Jenny Han 2010
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A mumbly, pandering comedy, based off a good property, catered to look like the quirk-fests of years past.
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A man whose tics and twitches have seemingly taken over his career and his mumbly vocals inserted itself into every performance.
Review: The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans Glenn Dunks 2010
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