MUTTERED
Definition
MUTTERED is the past tense of MUTTER.
verb MUTTER: talk indistinctly.
Examples
- “The beggar muttered words of thanks, as passersby dropped coins in his cup.”
- “The asylum inmate muttered some doggerel about chains and pains to himself, over and over.”
- “April could hear the delivery van's engine muttering in the driveway.”