mutter silently
Frequency: 4.51.1 per million words
to form words with your mouth without making a sound
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Examples (10)
- He would often mutter silently to himself during intense chess games.
- She tried to hold back her frustration, only to mutter silently under her breath.
- The old man began to mutter silently, lost in his own thoughts.
- As the news broke, many people could only mutter silently in disbelief.
- He watched the scene unfold, a series of unspoken curses muttering silently in his mind.
- The student, struggling with the exam, could only mutter silently in despair.
- She had to mutter silently to stop herself from shouting out loud.
- Sometimes, it's better to mutter silently than to voice your immediate anger.
- He practiced his lines, muttering silently the difficult words.
- The disappointment was evident as he muttered silently after the defeat.