Muttering

Tina gets worried after she hears Justin muttering something about wardrobe malfunctions … ❋ Unknown (2009)

On his way out, he used two profanities in muttering aloud that Ruff should mind his own business. ❋ Unknown (2006)

I heard a muttering from the wheelhouse, and made out the word "Slagfinn" — not at all a good thing. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Mao and Huang hears Yin muttering about the number which she apparently came across at a fanfiction story she read about, thanks to Kiko’s influence. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Meditation -- the Hebrew word means "mumbling" or "muttering" -- is the hearth's log. ❋ Charles Redfern (2011)

"I said, 'I don't know what your intentions are, Lord, but I hope if I die, I die a brave person,'" one of the crew members recalls muttering to himself. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The form _patrying cove_ seems to suggest a derivation from 'pattering' or 'muttering' -- the Pater - noster, up to the time of the Reformation, was recited by the priest in a low voice as far as 'and lead us not into temptation' when the choir joined in. ❋ John S. Farmer (N/A)

When told that they would thereby lose all their pay, they replied, “Yes, but not our lives,” and they walked off from him muttering, which is insulting to one of his rank. ❋ Ed (1874)

That definitely counts as one of those jaw dropping, baka muttering, geeky chuckle moments if I've ever saw one. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Let's face it, when we see someone with an anguished expression muttering to himself, we clear the room or head to the other side of the street. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Instead, they avail themselves of the Media Matters files or other Googly sites and trot out the same litany of low points, without mentioning the more ennobled sentiments Imus has expressed, such as muttering "war criminal" whenever Dick Cheney was mentioned. ❋ Wolcott, James, 1952- (2009)

Designed as Google News for your circle of friends, the service automatically generates bulletins whenever a Facebook buddy updates his or her personal profile, registering each tiny tweak -- Deona added "doughy breadd" [sic] to her interests (12: 40 p.m.); Jeremy removed "muttering" from his favorite activities (11: 41 a.m.) -- on a list that scrolls down your home page. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Think of it as Google News for your circle of friends: when I log in, each tiny tweak — Deona added "doughy breadd" [sic] to her interests (12: 40 p.m.); Jeremy removed "muttering" from his favorite activities (11: 41 a.m.) — registers on a single list that scrolls down the middle of my homepage. ❋ Unknown (2007)

I over-heard him repeating here, in a kind of muttering tone, a line of the old ballad, ❋ Unknown (2006)

The fishermen can tell where he is on guard: for, in warding off the little fishes, he makes a rush in the water and gives utterance to a kind of muttering noise. ❋ Unknown (2002)

You'd hear this sound and you'd look up and he'd be sitting there, drumming his nails on the table, staring at you, kind of muttering: "You're screwin 'around with me." ❋ Turner, Tina (1952)