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Example sentences for: mumbling

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Its approach, however, might charitably be called cautious--or, less charitably, embarrassed mumbling.
The family's leader, Vincent "Chin" Gigante , was recently indicted and has been said to be mentally unstable--he used to wander Greenwich Village in his pajamas, mumbling incoherently.
Can this really be us, tugging our forelocks and mumbling, "That's OK, boss, you go ahead and have a good time, we'll just wait out here in the hall and say a few prayers"?
Years of self-destructive living have taken their toll, but he remains with us--60 years old, mumbling, shambling, drunk, stoned, and addled.
I have had it with people talking into their fists and mumbling up their sleeves.