mumble
/ˈmʌmbəl/ verb B2- To speak unintelligibly or inaudibly; to fail to articulate. · Please try not to mumble so I can hear you better.
- To chew something gently with closed lips.
He/she/it mumbles · Past mumbled · Past participle mumbled · -ing form mumbling
Verb forms
- Base form
- mumble
- He/she/it
- mumbles
- Past
- mumbled
- Past participle
- mumbled
- -ing form
- mumbling
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With many mumbled blessings and protestations of gratitude the old crone packed it away in her pocket, and shuffled off down the stairs.
Father Wolf ran out a few paces and heard Shere Khan muttering and mumbling savagely as he tumbled about in the scrub.
Baloo did not wish to bring Mowgli into any more trouble, but he could not tamper with the Law, so he mumbled: “Sorrow never stays punishment.
For an instant the wrinkles were smoothed away, the nose drew away from the chin, the lower lip ceased to protrude and the mouth to mumble, the dull eyes regained their fire, the drooping figure expanded.
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