[
US
/ˈməmbəɫɪŋ, ˈməmbɫɪŋ/
]
[ UK /mˈʌmblɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /mˈʌmblɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
- indistinct enunciation
- ineffectual chewing (as if without teeth)
How To Use mumbling In A Sentence
- `The habitation of the great unwashed ," she finally repeated, mumbling miserably. ANASTASIA KRUPNIK (3-IN-1)
- Just then the door opened and in stepped a wiry bearded man, who was mumbling to himself and skittering around cattishly.
- Mumbling distractedly, she conducts me through the hundreds of exhibits.
- There's mumbling and there's staring and now there's twitching. Times, Sunday Times
- I was just kind of scatting, mumbling, whatever and, you know, and going, well, I'll figure out what has to write there, but I've decided I liked the scatting better than any more words. A Veteran Songwriter's 'Old Man' Music
- I'm pretty sure our esteemed colleague from the NPCA would have been instantly transformed into a mumbling idiot. Judge Blocks Guns-In-Parks Rule
- After three attempts my patience erodes to the point that I begin mumbling a string of off-color language to the howling wind. Excerpt: The Privilege of Youth by Dave Pelzer
- Most of the time people were either shouting or mumbling. Times, Sunday Times
- The difference between being well dressed or not is similar to the difference between mumbling and speaking clearly. Times, Sunday Times
- Maybe the re-appearance of her beloved Quickos will finally drag her out of this sorry state of maudlin, mumbling, booze-addled torpor.