Ralph mumbled something about being on his way home.
And when the elderly man refused to listen and mumbled on, an odd image came to his mind of a lighthouse besieged by the flying bodies of lost birds, who were dashed senseless, by the gale, against the glass.
But by the magic power of stubborn and constant assertion, there were found presently, here and there, people who mumbled that surely "there must be some thing in it.
At the moment of stepping over the gang way he checked himself, though, to give me a mumbled invitation to dine at his house that evening with my captain, an invitation which I accepted.
It was as if some barbarous somnambulists had mumbled in the daytime the bizarre atrocity of their thoughts.
When Carlos' mellow voice had finished the rehearsing of the sonorous styles, I mumbled something about "transcendent honour.
He mumbled a little peevishly, but seemed to recollect himself.
Wait till you are caught by a good woman yourself," he mumbled wretchedly.
Thus hemumbled for some time, as these papers, representing a fortune, passed out of his keeping into those of a young maid but recently out of her teens.
You had best speak to Master Skyffington himself about the business," rejoined Sir Marmaduke, not heeding the mumbled apology, "he will be here anon.
Says who," mumbled Urson glancing into the bowl of flame.
That wouldn't be a bad idea," he mumbled as they approached the trees in front of the river.
The doctor now paced the room, so engrossed by passion that he forgot he was not alone, and uttered threats and mumbled out dark predictions with a fearful energy.
Ximen bowed low, andmumbled out some inaudible protestations and thanks.
Find out," mumbled the muddy man; and he wriggled himself out of Hugh's clutch and buried himself like a monstrous newt in the mud.
The girl's mouth was full of hairpins, and she mumbledsomething he did not understand.
Mr. Farnshaw mumbled a curt reply and, picking up the empty basket standing beside the stove, went out of the house, slamming the door behind him significantly.
His voice was low, but the painful operations, the tedious treatments she had endured, had sharpened her hearing until she caught every word except the mumbled assent of the clerk.
Abercrombie Jepson mumbled something into his mustache which Rimrock let pass for assent, although it was plainly to be seen by the fire in his eye that the superintendent was vexed.
Much obliged," he mumbled and as he glanced at the total he blinked and his eyes opened up.
All right," mumbled Rimrock, "I apologize, all right.
They jumped up on to the steps to shake hands with him, and Tom mumbled thanks for the presents he had found in his study, and looked round anxiously for Arthur's mother.
I don't know her address," mumbled Archie, fastening the flower in his buttonhole.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "mumbled" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
