mutter drily
Frequency: 4.53.8 per million words
to speak in a low or barely audible voice in a dry manner
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Examples (20)
- "Well, that's just fantastic," he muttered drily under his breath.
- "Another Monday," she muttered drily, sipping her coffee.
- When asked if she was enjoying the party, she just muttered drily, "Thrilled to be here."
- He just muttered drily, "As if things weren't complicated enough."
- The old man would often sit on the porch and mutter drily about the state of the world.
- "I suppose that's one way to look at it," she muttered drily.
- Muttering drily about the endless paperwork, he finally signed the last document.
- After the endless meeting, he could only mutter drily about the waste of time.
- "Another meeting that could have been an email," she muttered drily as she left the room.
- She muttered drily that the weather was as predictable as ever.
- The detective muttered drily that it was the most obvious clue he'd ever seen.
- "Well, that was unexpected," he muttered drily after the surprise announcement.
- As the rain started to pour, my father muttered drily, "Perfect weather for a picnic."
- His response was a drily muttered comment about the situation's irony.
- I couldn't hear him clearly, but I saw him muttering something drily to his colleague.
- "Just what I needed," she muttered drily as another task landed on her desk.
- I'm sure he will just mutter something drily when he sees the mess we've made.
- The comedian muttered drily into the microphone, drawing quiet chuckles from the audience.
- He couldn't stop himself from muttering drily about the inconvenience of the whole affair.
- "And they call this progress," he muttered drily, shaking his head.