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Muttering meaning

present participle and gerund of mutter

Synonyms of Muttering

Using Muttering

  • The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of mutter
  • Useful related words include: mutter, murmur, murmuring, murmuration.
  • In the example corpus, muttering often appears in combinations such as: muttering to, muttering about, and muttering.

Context around Muttering

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 11 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Muttering

  • In this selection, "muttering" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, continued, heard, down, words, get and off stand out and add context to how "muttering" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a wall muttering my explanations and all the muttering surrounding ai. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "muttering" sits close to words such as aberrant, abloh and absurdities, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with muttering

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

So, everybody realised, was what all the muttering surrounding AI was about! (12 words)

Zverev was then spotted angrily muttering and then arguing with the umpire. (12 words)

Really, Joe was muttering to himself while discreetly glancing sideways now and again. (13 words)

It is, by some distance, the hardest, edgiest work of LL’s career, a snapshot of an America fragmenting into bigotry and violence, LL muttering, “they pushed me to my limit/ Racism’s a disease, it’s only right that I kill it”. (43 words)

This feels to me like being inside one of those weird whispered monologues when I was little, circling around on my bike or whacking tennis balls against a wall, muttering my explanations and imagining, or hoping for, someone listening and nodding. (41 words)

In baseball, pitchers stand alone on the rubber, muttering and cursing to themselves, trying to keep their opposition off the scoreboard and dealing with abuse from fans in any game in which they’re short of perfect. (37 words)

So, everybody realised, was what all the muttering surrounding AI was about! (12 words)

Example sentences (20)

As is often the case in male-dominated organisations, there’s continued muttering about whether Webb’s appointment was gender-based.

He could be heard muttering, “Get me out of here,” before leaving the prison room.

One minute butter wouldn't melt; the next they're muttering "f**k off" and "bitch" to the women for not putting out.

Really, Joe was muttering to himself while discreetly glancing sideways now and again.

At first, he seems to be in the throes of insanity, rocking back and forth and muttering to himself.

Former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton have mostly kept their heads down, muttering off-mike.

It is, by some distance, the hardest, edgiest work of LL’s career, a snapshot of an America fragmenting into bigotry and violence, LL muttering, “they pushed me to my limit/ Racism’s a disease, it’s only right that I kill it”.

Sitting shoulder to shoulder, muttering curses in Farsi and Pashto, our engineers had each drunk six cups of tea in less than ten minutes, hoarding an entire thermos for themselves.

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So, everybody realised, was what all the muttering surrounding AI was about!

Those people muttering to themselves on the bus who you may even move away from.

William Nylander was caught on camera muttering to himself before Marner slammed his gloves.

Zverev was then spotted angrily muttering and then arguing with the umpire.

One of these characters, or caricatures, is shifting his eyes to scan the afternoon courtyard, while the other looks askance over priestly jowls, muttering an aside to his companion from the corner of his mouth.

One of the most epic parts of the whole thing comes when Cap is able to take on the power of Mjolnir as his buddy Thor proudly looks on, muttering that he knew it.

This feels to me like being inside one of those weird whispered monologues when I was little, circling around on my bike or whacking tennis balls against a wall, muttering my explanations and imagining, or hoping for, someone listening and nodding.

At full-time, a relieved Mourinho was caught by television cameras muttering words deemed to have been “abusive and/or insulting and/or improper” during his celebrations.

In baseball, pitchers stand alone on the rubber, muttering and cursing to themselves, trying to keep their opposition off the scoreboard and dealing with abuse from fans in any game in which they’re short of perfect.

It was a close call and led to some disgruntled muttering about the home judging from a few suspicious American fans.

On her way back, she called her husband and couldn’t hear what he was saying as his words were barely cohesive, and was just muttering words before the call dropped.

She's then muttering at her box after wasting a second break point moments later.

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Common combinations with muttering

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "muttering" in a sentence?
An example: "As is often the case in male-dominated organisations, there’s continued muttering about whether Webb’s appointment was gender-based." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "muttering" from authentic English texts.
What does "muttering" mean?
Muttering means: present participle and gerund of mutter
What are synonyms of "muttering"?
Common synonyms of "muttering" include: mutter, murmur, murmuring, murmuration, mussitation, sound, grumble, grumbling. Plus 1 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "muttering" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "muttering", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.