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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of mutter.

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Examples

  • "Chattering daws," Martin muttered under his breath, and went on talking with Ruth and Arthur.

    Chapter 37 2010

  • “About damn time,” Paladin muttered, as he took off running at a speed that would make NASCAR drivers envious.

    Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Jmilb’s Review Forum 2009

  • Martin muttered aloud, as he watched the progress of the fight.

    Chapter 15 2010

  • Martin muttered aloud, as he watched the progress of the fight.

    Chapter 15 1908

  • "Chattering daws," Martin muttered under his breath, and went on talking with Ruth and Arthur.

    Chapter 37 1908

  • He took it now, under her eyes, for honour, for manhood, and for the ideal which had made manhood no longer an empty term muttered in desperation by a sick body, and a mind too sick to control it.

    The Fighting Chance 1899

  • Once or twice, it was true, General Gurney, who was unremitting in his attention, heard his name muttered, and thought himself recognized; but, instead, he always found, when he listened more closely, that the wandering intellect was running upon

    A Fool's Errand. By One of the Fools 1879

  • All that can be demanded of them is external deference, personal attendance on the ceremonies of worship, a brief prayer in Latin muttered in haste at the beginning and end of each lesson, [6153] in short, acts like those of raising one's hat or other public marks of respect, such as the official attitudes imposed by a government, author of the Concordat, on its military and civil staff.

    The Modern Regime, Volume 2 Hippolyte Taine 1860

  • Denys then pointing significantly to the door, to show Gerard sharp ears were listening hard by, continued his song aloud but under cover of it threw in short muttered syllables.

    The Cloister and the Hearth Charles Reade 1849

  • While Dean's attributes apparently won out, it was Tori that heard her name muttered by her daughter just this week!

    Celebrity Baby Blog 2009

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