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Muttered meaning

simple past and past participle of mutter

Using Muttered

  • The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of mutter
  • In the example corpus, muttered often appears in combinations such as: and muttered, he muttered, muttered to.

Context around Muttered

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 20.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 8 start, 7 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Muttered

  • In this selection, "muttered" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 20.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, lennys, defendant, patel, something, jesus and leave stand out and add context to how "muttered" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include although lennys muttered leave us and bookshop he muttered is this. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "muttered" sits close to words such as aaditya, aardman and abbo, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with muttered

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

This is cotton land, I muttered. (6 words)

Maximo muttered lines like, “Push it, papi. (7 words)

Lana thought about it and muttered the opening line. (9 words)

Recorder Wyn Lloyd-Jones, in sentencing Hughes, told him he was a "complete fool" when the defendant muttered a comment in response to the fact the probation service believed he was "disguising his feelings and attractions" towards underage girls. (39 words)

Outside court and asked whether they regretted their behavior towards their vulnerable foster children, the Olguins refused to comment – although Lennys muttered 'Leave us alone' to a DailyMail.com photographer while Marcelino tried to hide his face. (37 words)

Upon seeing a copy of Tolkien 's The Lord of the Rings, in a bookshop, he muttered, "Is this old turkey floating around?" and was shocked to learn that it was in its seventy-eighth printing. (36 words)

Example sentences (19)

A friend handed my 7yo a coloring page as a gift, and my kid looked at it and muttered jesus christ.

I muttered an apology and shared that sometimes I felt like we’d ruined his ambiance, encroaching on him like a bunch of weeds.

Outside court and asked whether they regretted their behavior towards their vulnerable foster children, the Olguins refused to comment – although Lennys muttered 'Leave us alone' to a DailyMail.com photographer while Marcelino tried to hide his face.

Recorder Wyn Lloyd-Jones, in sentencing Hughes, told him he was a "complete fool" when the defendant muttered a comment in response to the fact the probation service believed he was "disguising his feelings and attractions" towards underage girls.

This is cotton land, I muttered.

Waiting to regain enough energy to continue, he muttered to himself, "Geez, I'm not in good shape.

Lana thought about it and muttered the opening line.

She said he muttered a response as he was packing his books and then left the office.

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There was stunned silence for a few moments until Priti Patel muttered ‘Awk-ward’.

But Mrs Thatcher muttered something about not knowing 'if my colleagues will like it', and they changed the subject.

He coloured, muttered something about transition arrangements and set off hastily for the door.

The audience, which consisted largely of women, often gasped and muttered as he narrated.

Former schoolmates and co-workers at a Dollar Tree store say he sometimes muttered under his breath, often wore a hoodie over his head and didn’t look people in the eye.

God muttered to himself, staring out the car window and trying to ignore his Lyft driver’s awkward small talk.

I muttered as I pored over the complicated details.

I rolled my eyes and muttered about snowbound drama queens, then had to retract everything when we ended up on an icebound overpass on our drive from Lyon.

Maximo muttered lines like, “Push it, papi.

Here is the original version of the poem: There were saddened hearts in Mudville for a week or even more; there were muttered oaths and curses- every fan in town was sore.

Upon seeing a copy of Tolkien 's The Lord of the Rings, in a bookshop, he muttered, "Is this old turkey floating around?" and was shocked to learn that it was in its seventy-eighth printing.

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Common combinations with muttered

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "muttered" in a sentence?
An example: "A friend handed my 7yo a coloring page as a gift, and my kid looked at it and muttered jesus christ." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "muttered" from authentic English texts.
What does "muttered" mean?
Muttered means: simple past and past participle of mutter
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