Verb (used with object) : to mutter complaints. From Dictionary.com.
On his way out, he used two profanities in muttering aloud that Ruff should mind his own business. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Sabres run over Flyers in 8-2 bashing] Reference
I heard a muttering from the wheelhouse, and made out the word "Slagfinn" — not at all a good thing. From Wordnik.com. [One of Our Whales Is Missing] Reference
That definitely counts as one of those jaw dropping, baka muttering, geeky chuckle moments if I've ever saw one. From Wordnik.com. [LUX.ET.UMBRA] Reference
I over-heard him repeating here, in a kind of muttering tone, a line of the old ballad. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides] Reference
We speak to him loudly and slowly, but even then are berated for ''muttering''. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference
I overheard him repeating here in a kind of muttering tone, a line of the old ballad, Johnny Armstrong's Last Good Night. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Johnson]
"muttering" (loudly enough to be heard across the auditorium) "No, your watch hasn't stopped.". From Wordnik.com. [ZDNet News - News Page One] Reference
Fran was not impressed and was muttering under her breath. From Wordnik.com. [French Vanilla Death - Seconda Parte] Reference
It's barred service-industry workers from muttering 50 phrases. From Wordnik.com. [Civil Service] Reference
He wanders the floor, muttering incoherent excerpts from "Hamlet.". From Wordnik.com. [1992: Stranger Things Have Happened] Reference
She merely rolled over, muttering something about patriotic sacrifice. From Wordnik.com. [Let's Make Love, Not War] Reference
He heard Herschel coming behind him, heavy footed, muttering curses. From Wordnik.com. [THE TICK IS FULL] Reference
He is still muttering about it: "Can you believe he threw a screwball, 3-2?". From Wordnik.com. [Reunion In The Desert] Reference
This thirtysomething feels like an elder muttering "I remember when" to herself. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call] Reference
But the announcement left many newsroom insiders muttering "" Here we go again! ''. From Wordnik.com. [There's Still Plenty Of Roone At The Top] Reference
When I first saw his iPad I walked around muttering for days that I had iPad envy. From Wordnik.com. [Arielle Ford: Am I Cheating on My First Love?] Reference
I stowed my luggage quickly, aware of muttering and false coughing behind me, and sat down. From Wordnik.com. [14-B] Reference
Republicans are the Boston Red Sox of politics, forever muttering, "" Wait 'til next year.' '. From Wordnik.com. [Republicans As Red Sox] Reference
When you did, you were likely muttering to yourself, 'I can't find my keys,' 'They're not here.'. From Wordnik.com. [Karen Luniw: Success in the City: Leveraging Your Brilliance] Reference
Forget the muttering of various proponents of military action, periodically leaked to newspapers. From Wordnik.com. [What Bush Got Right] Reference
When Iraqi and American soldiers found him, he was still breathing, barely, and muttering prayers. From Wordnik.com. [Death of a Terrorist] Reference
For what it's worth, Ialmost always plan this column in ambulatory fashion, muttering to myself in the park. From Wordnik.com. [This column will change your life: A step in the right direction] Reference
The bus is back on its journey but the strangers are still muttering among themselves. From Wordnik.com. [Monster] Reference
"At night, Kim gets out of bed and wanders the hallways in his pajamas, muttering Dean's name," the aide said. From Wordnik.com. [The Borowitz Report: Kim Jung-Il Terrified by Dean] Reference
An FBI bug planted in his apartment records him, inebriated and alone, muttering, "" Oh, yes, I think we should. From Wordnik.com. [The Family That Spies Together ...] Reference
But it's more exciting to watch than the hero's exiting his squalid garret muttering deranged thoughts to himself. From Wordnik.com. [A 'Punishment' To Fit The Time Slot] Reference
He is not a leader of the muttering right, but a man around whom progressives and respectable nationalists can rally. From Wordnik.com. [Yeltsin's Challenge] Reference
Children shrieked in hysterical delight; adults, muttering in the heat and frustration, struggled to hold on to them. From Wordnik.com. [Ninja Turtles, Eat Our Dust] Reference
The Rabbinical Secretary had been singularly unfriendly, muttering under his breath that I certainly would not qualify. From Wordnik.com. [Passing The Test With G-d's Help: A 'Jewel Of Elul' By Rabbi Shlomo Riskin] Reference
As the video ran, recalls one staffer who was on the other side of a one-way mirror, "the whole room started muttering.". From Wordnik.com. [SIX MEN AND A DONKEY] Reference
Up front, a group of young men was clutching maps and cameras, hunched over the MetroCard machine, muttering and pointing. From Wordnik.com. [Laura Weiss: Subway Tourism Trauma: Is It Really so Great That Tourism Is Up in New York?] Reference
For some years now, Senate old-timers have been quietly muttering about a loss of civility and collegiality in their chamber. From Wordnik.com. [Why Clinton Won] Reference
Grunwald recalled in his memoir that he quickly fled the irate writer's office, but not without muttering to himself: "Cliche.". From Wordnik.com. [A MAN OF SUBSTANCE] Reference
During his speech, the auto execs in the crowd — and there were many — began muttering that he didn't know what he was talking about. From Wordnik.com. [Barack's Sister Souljah Moment?] Reference
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