Throughout this piece bear in mind that my interlocutor mumbled indistinctly, and therefore I had to ask him to repeat everything. |
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What a cornball, she mumbled to herself as she took a seat in the back of the room. |
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I mumbled something about Paris, Rome, and Venice and immediately felt graceless and ashamed. |
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The next song continues the sad fate of the lead guitar, as it is processed into the background in favor of mumbled vocals. |
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A sheepish flush tinged my cheeks and Diego mumbled something in rapid Spanish about the sister he never had. |
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I mumbled, putting the bookmark in my book, sitting up and picking up the phone. |
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Upon noticing her state he hurriedly outstretched his hand and mumbled an apology as he helped her off of the ground. |
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I mumbled something equally articulate in response and then we sort of walked to the desk together to punch our numbers in. |
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She mumbled something I couldn't hear, and held her chin in her hand as she dove into thought. |
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Two male students, who were turned away mumbled as they left and dumped a stack of blank ballots into a dustbin outside the police post. |
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The organist often crackled or whined the Gregorian-chant hymns and the celebrant often hummed, mumbled, or whispered the Latin prayers. |
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Beside her, Lord Avon mumbled in his sleep and turned over with a soft rustle of the silken sheets. |
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As they both fall about laughing, any fear that they were going to give one line mumbled answers instantly becomes less and less likely. |
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I mumbled something about not living in Norway for many years, that I didn't know about the rule of car seats for big children, blah, blah, blah. |
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A couple of the performers seemed hesitant in some of their decisions, and at times mumbled unconfidently. |
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Brandon mumbled an inaudible reply before seating himself at the breakfast bar. |
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There was no easy answer, and I mumbled some rubbish about looking for a last-minute bargain. |
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Lisa mumbled a reply as she chewed on a pen, and William went on with what he wanted. |
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The response from MPs consisted of sympathetic murmurs and mumbled hear-hears. |
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Her steed mumbled something inaudible as he restarted his ungainly walk to the church doors. |
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I mumbled some unintelligible half-apology and took the elevator down to the lobby. |
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His sleep was restless, and every so often he mumbled a few unintelligible words. |
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His eyelids flickered briefly, and he mumbled something I couldn't quite catch. |
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He sorrowfully mumbled his last lines with his head trapped in the curtains. |
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He mumbled some obscenities and he closed his eyes painfully recalling the gorgeous Nile blue eyes looking blankly up at him, expressionless. |
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The second track is more promising, bringing spacey keyboards and almost mumbled vocals to great, almost hypnotic effect. |
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I stumbled over my mumbled responses, trying to form questions I knew needed asking. |
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Travis mumbled a few words as he passed by the living room and tossed his drenched overshirt in a pile of dirty clothes. |
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She turned her attention back to her coffee cup and mumbled something into the rim. |
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As they continued walking down the street, Alex mumbled something inaudible, obviously trying not to smile. |
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The bride's friend got up and mumbled a few incoherencies about nightclubs and alcohol. |
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My answer is mumbled and incomplete and leaves me and my questioner unsatisfied. |
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His eyes narrowing almost to the vanishing point, he looked away from us and mumbled something to his colleagues. |
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I opened my mouth to offer a few mumbled words of thanks, but one of the other actors had already tapped him on the shoulder. |
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We, meanwhile, have got Ed Miliband begrudgingly revealing a mumbled, low-level appreciation for the professional career of Geoffrey Boycott. |
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The rabbi once again mumbled some Hebrew, and some Aramaic, prayers, again explaining precisely nothing to the mourners, and again not eulogizing the deceased. |
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He raised an eyebrow at the presumption of an aircraftman Second Class introducing himself, and mumbled his name. |
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They mumbled quietly to each other for the rest of the journey. |
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His straw hat was crushed and blood flowed from the exit wound in his face as he mumbled something incomprehensible. |
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Damien mumbled an inaudible reply and began sipping his coffee. |
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My friend was taken aback and mumbled that he did believe it, but that there were days when it was hard to believe it. |
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The rabbi mumbled a bunch of Hebrew prayers, providing no explanation whatsoever of the significance of the prayers, nor any eulogy for the deceased. |
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She mumbled cantankerously as she sat up and reached to turn it off. |
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Sighing with frustration, she mumbled something inaudible for a moment. |
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The disc jockey mumbled a few words, then played whatever record was cued up on his turntable. |
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He mumbled, twiddling his fingers like a young and nervous child. |
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Stuart Braithwaite mumbled into the mike for another newie, Secret Pint. |
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I mumbled something deliberately unintelligible and hopped down. |
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I mumbled and popped in a lemon drop I had had in my pocket. |
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She mumbled something and shut her eyes, falling into a fitful sleep. |
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After all, Baltic and Slavic languages have retained an alarming amount of Indo-European inflections in all of their mumbled, word-final splendor. |
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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. |
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The music had distorted, the words mumbled into an unlistenable mess. |
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I mumbled as I looked dozily up at my homeroom teacher's desk. |
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His mumbled curses and profanities were becoming more and more apparent. |
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The crowd shuffled and mumbled and showed few signs of vitality. |
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The bombination of a thousand mumbled prayers met them before they actually came upon the dense horde jammed into and spilling out of the grotto mouth. |
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Neo Sailormars mumbled, she had a troubled look on her face. |
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So far I've blagged it with a mumbled excuse, but he won't be fooled forever. |
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His lecturing was nevertheless considered poor, as he often mumbled and walked into an adjacent room to find something while continuing to talk. |
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Jerry mumbled on until Denise thought she would cry, then she hung up. |
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Gratefully the Professor turned and mumbled his thanks. |
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For the first few months, he mumbled something about the core competency of newspapers and magazines being their well-honed ability to spread the word around the world overnight via print, not bits and bytes. |
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Another was met by a mumbled answer that morphed into a fit of coughing. |
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Asked that question during their visit to a health centre in Middleton, Ms McInnes and Andy Burnham, the shadow health secretary, mumbled something about protest votes. |
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When I said I was ready to sign the lease, Mr. Martineau mumbled something about a waiting period, and talked about appointments with other people interested in the apartment. |
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The vocals are just too irritating, especially when they're mumbled. |
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Unfortunately, computers won't understand mumbled speech or missing words. |
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I must have mumbled too loud, because I am asked not to chatter. |
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Note that Cliff has mumbled something about adding some tags. |
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Maybe the member mumbled or changed his mind about what word to use while he was in the middle of a syllable, or maybe the member was just tired or excited and his tongue got a little out of control. |
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When she saw several boys carrying a huge wooden case full of porcelain, she mumbled to Jinming that she was going to have a look, and left the room. |
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Hannah mumbled in a sarcastic icy tone. Woopty doo, she thought. |
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The morose Ed Wilshot poured himself another drink and mumbled something about taking three weeks off the chain and heading south for some sunshine. |
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