[
US
/ˈməmbəɫ/
]
[ UK /mˈʌmbəl/ ]
[ UK /mˈʌmbəl/ ]
VERB
-
grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty
the old man had no teeth left and mumbled his food - talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
NOUN
- a soft indistinct utterance
How To Use mumble In A Sentence
- They mumbled quietly to each other for the rest of the journey.
- She climbed aboard the Mumbles train and huddled in a seat in the warmth of the lower deck.
- Stuart Braithwaite mumbled into the mike for another newie, Secret Pint.
- She mumbled an apology and left.
- The driver mumbled a non-committal reply.
- Slumping forward onto the gigantic gadget, he mumbled, Good luck finding enough ice for hockey on this dustball. Reap the Whirlwind
- Aimee mumbled to herself about getting a lock for her door and pulled the comforter to her bed, cuddling up under it so that she could get back to sleep.
- His speech is a mumble, his face immobile, his gait unsteady.
- Will there be a lot of ash in the atmosphere down on Rakatan, Doctor—" She paused, trying to remember the name he'd mumbled upon his appearance. Firestorm
- Which is why he mumbled something unintelligible instead. The Sun
