| 单词 | mumbling |
| 例句 | Mena Prescott was now holding my mother’s hand, and my father was leaning against the truck, his eyes fixed on the mumbling woman. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z These were days of pajamas and beard scruff, of mumblings and requests and him endlessly thanking everyone for all they were doing on his behalf. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Dad’s been mumbling about the storm windows, but hasn’t taken them down. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z All you could hear in the room was Malachy whispering to make Eugene happy and Grandma mumbling to the click of her rosary beads. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Mrs. Sharpe tried putting the pieces together for a few minutes, mumbling “twelve pieces” under her breath again and again. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z I kept on chopping ice off the back window and ignored By’s mumbling voice. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Amanda held her robe with both hands, weakly trying to protect herself and mumbling incoherently. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She shoved the valise in the waiting beetle, climbed in, and sat mumbling, “Poor family, poor family, oh everything gone, everything, everything gone now...” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z Or by the time Gregor crawled across the few feet of stone that separated them, would he again be mumbling about fish and abandoning Gregor to the darkness? Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She repeated herself, mumbling in his ear, and this time he heard her clearly. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “You see,” he said, mumbling and with averted eyes, “I’m rather different from most people, I suppose. If one happens to be decanted different. . .” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet in among his mumbling there were words of what the bird had sung and what the water had said falling. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z I say good-bye to them both, mumbling, and back out of the room. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The aged fascist would conduct witch-hunt after witch-hunt until the formerly intact Ignatius J. Reilly was reduced to a fragmented and mumbling vegetable. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He excused himself from the table, mumbling something about having work to do for the Council, but really he only planned on sneaking into the kitchen to help the kitchen staff. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Again, Dudley appeared to grapple with thoughts too unwieldy for expression before mumbling, “You saved my life.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Lyddie murmured an apology, but the woman humphed angrily and readjusted her bonnet, mumbling something under her breath that ended in “factory girls.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z He stood up and began to pace back and forth, nodding and mumbling as he walked faster and faster. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z They line up silently, eyes downcast, bony fingers counting the beads of the rosary, lips mumbling prayers. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Thirty-one,” Mrs. Myers kept mumbling over her double chin, “thirty-one. No one else has more than twenty-nine.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z She shrugged, more focused on the evening traffic, mumbling a “Maybe she couldn’t make it to the post office.” Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Ben hugs me closer, mumbling something into my shoulder. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z He started mumbling some African talk against it then commenced to crying in quiet jerking noises that made his teeth rub up against my skin and made the chains on his arms and legs rattle. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Difference: And started mumbling, “But how you gon’ change the world? Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z “Come on, what kind of person sits in front of his locker, with his eyes shut, barefoot, and mumbling in some foreign language? He was practically begging for it.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Hassan seemed not to notice the insults, only meekly mumbling, “Thanks, Dad.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Late that evening I woke up and saw Grandma on her knees, mumbling quietly. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw Justin pacing off stage left, mumbling his lines nervously. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z I never knew what Brother was saying, but he's always mumbling something. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z I could hear mumbling from different areas in the crowd. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He starts mumbling about his too-small backpack and the cramped plane and the whole trip in general. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z The old man climbed up onto a horse and ambled slowly, mumbling advice and recommendations, prayers of wisdom and enchanted formulas, to the ants. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Her white hair shudders like an angry cloud as she smears peanut butter onto the bread, all the while mumbling to herself. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z He’s not writhing anymore; apparently the nurse gave him what he needed, because he’s sitting up, eyes closed, pants rolled up to his knee, scratching everything—his lower leg, chest, face—mumbling and swaying. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z I hurried through the jam-packed chamber, mumbling apologies as I squeezed through, until I reached a clear space against the wall and bent over, my hands on my knees. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He walked over to a grocery box, mumbling as he did, “Mush! A hound can’t hunt on a bellyful of that stuff.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Hunched over the tables, they moved the paper squares this way and that way, mumbling and grumbling. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z This set off a chorus of mumbling and muttering throughout the crowd. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z By the way, I just realized something—mumble is the sound of mumbling. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z He was grating his beak comfortably and occasionally mumbling his bird version of Mama’s humming tune. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z The manager sighed and started down the aisle to where Ignatius was mumbling, “Oh, my God, their tongues are probably all over each other’s capped and rotting teeth.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, he begins mumbling, but it’s not words, it’s just guttural sounds, faint clicks and hisses. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z He must have really felt like he didn’t have anything to lose, ’cause Momma and Dad just didn’t tolerate mumbling. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Mariam struggled against him, mumbling, but he kept pushing the pebbles in, his upper lip curled in a sneer. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z I hear her mumbling something about General Electric stock falling twenty points. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z He was with Miss Mattie Lou—coughing and mumbling disconnected sentences picked out of the air from this or that time in their life. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The door slid closed behind him, but not before he heard a shocked S.Q. mumbling something about the poor kid cracking under pressure. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “He’s back!” all the men kept mumbling and chanting and calling out hysterically as they rushed back and forth. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He had to stop her from mumbling, or he would be caught. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “Make it stop,” she grumbled, and rolled back onto her mat, mumbling as she settled into sleep again. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z I remember him mumbling something about a battlefield. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He closed his eyes and folded his hands together on his stomach and started mumbling under his breath like he was speaking in tongues. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Lawrence presented the data, and Oppenheimer followed with a “typically stupefyingly brilliant exposition of its theoretical consequences,” which his hundreds of spectators strained to make out through his “nim-nim-nim” mumbling. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “I can’t sit here all night,” I kept mumbling to myself. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z I knew if Momma had stayed and hadn’t gone off mumbling about money we would have been having a lot more fun. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Everybody around me started mumbling and grumbling right away, but I didn’t see what the big deal was. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Marie-Laure imagines him hunched on the davenport, mumbling children’s rhymes and watching ghosts shuttle through the walls. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Dell found himself mumbling out loud as he opened the car door. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z He ran his fingers along her teeth and gums, mumbling to himself as he did so. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Grandpa Firewood darted across the walls, ceiling, and floor, mumbling to himself, tapping here and there, and even biting a corner. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Mam says it’s driving her crazy to come home and find these old men drinking out of her favorite mug and mumbling and scratching by the fire. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The officer came in and gave me an unnecessarily aggressive search before mumbling that I was clear. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Otherwise, she ignored them and spent her time sewing and mumbling to herself, contentedly senile. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z They just left, mumbling obscenities under their breaths. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z With a mumbling cry Sir Fig Newton bumped his head repeatedly against my leg. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z So, it’s just me and Mama, and Patria and, of course, Papa mumbling in the back seat of the car. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There was another long pause and some mumbling. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The little girl stopped mumbling, smacked her lips, and opened her eyes. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Aunt Tuti shook her head nervously as she walked back to the hostess stand, mumbling before seating another guest. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z For the next hour, I watch Tiny as he runs around the theater like a rampaging lunatic, mumbling to himself. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z The voices became muffled then, but Ivy could still hear tense mumbling. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The sergeant didn’t answer, just continued mumbling about my crimes and misdemeanors. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “She sounds like magic,” the town matrons sighed, and then Xan shot them a poisonous look, at which they started mumbling about the weather. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The little girl whimpers, and Christina walks over to her, mumbling something in a reassuring voice. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z We also watched Methuselah, who after four months of liberation still hung around our house mumbling. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z What I recall is a lot of under-the-breath talking back and mumbling, but, really, she was never outwardly defiant. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I can hear a boy mumbling his confession on the other side. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I made some sort of soothing reply, but with the licence of age she did not listen, hobbling away mumbling that it was her fault. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z I backed away toward my room, mumbling that I was going to bed. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The Wick file was splayed out messily in front of her, and she hunched, over it, her back to Sierra, flipping through pages and mumbling to herself. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z I remember Dorothy’s head shifting on my shoulder; she was mumbling something. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z She’s a nervous reader and reads too quietly, mumbling into her neck. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z No sooner had Remedios the Beauty ascended to heaven in body and soul than the inconsiderate Fernanda was going about mumbling to herself because her sheets had been carried off. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Ms. Lewis storms off, mumbling the whole way down the steps. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z As I shuffled over to put on my jersey, I brushed past Kim, mumbling “thanks a lot.” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z But at home, she watches me at mealtimes like a hawk, mumbling, “Longa estupida, how could you think you could stop eating?” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I admit I have a bad habit of mumbling. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Ducking my head, I get to my feet, mumbling, “I’m sorry, I’m sorry.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “What you mumbling about in there, boy?” his mother asked through the closed door. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Sissy threw Katie into another spasm of giggles by mumbling from the closet that the tenants had a nerve raising such a racket when there was a sick woman in the house. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Heard him breathing heavy for a bit, then he started mumbling to himself as he settled back into bed. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z When he first showed up on our corner last fall, the laughing man was always mumbling under his breath. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z He offered little resistance and lay there, mumbling, while I went down to the kitchen. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “No. That wouldn’t be an accident. That’s how the world works every day. We got to the front of the line. Your mother was mumbling. The guard had a mullah’s beard.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z He goes around the room placing bits of paper on our tongues and mumbling in Latin. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Mother is mumbling, rambling, saying something that is all noise for me. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z He was bent forward, mumbling and watching his feet, with his eyes on the garbage can right next to Marcus. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z The merchant spent the entire day mumbling behind the counter, telling the boy to be careful with the pieces and not to break anything. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes he spoke from beneath it, his weary Korean mumbling, and I could only read the embroidery of the word Titleist in place of actually understanding him. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time we reached the washout, Grandpa was fully conscious again, and was mumbling and grumbling. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I sank farther down, onto my heels, hardly aware of myself mumbling the words out loud. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z On the mornings of the fourth and fifth of August, Etienne stands at the front door mumbling to himself, then pushes open the gate and goes out. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Nan walked behind me mumbling something about neighbors as the camera zoomed in on Arletta wearing a chambray denim shirtdress and sitting at a worn oak table. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z I’m mumbling through a mouthful of horrible rye toast, toast that tastes like it was baked three years ago and set out in the sun. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “If you have a young girl lying in a room crying and mumbling to herself for forty-eight hours, you don’t go to them for any answers.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z She was bending over the ambulance driver, who was sitting up now and mumbling, “I had the queerest dream ...” “That was a stupid thing to do,” Enoch said to Bronwyn. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z She popped back into the closet, mumbling to herself, then popped back out. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z She touched her fingers to her mouth, mumbling worried words as she opened the door. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z The mumbling old voice evoked the clank of chains, the horror of thirst, the black smell of death, below deck in the hold of a slave ship. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z After they were done mumbling, the two taller people began pulling the shorter one. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z After that, I may not have been mumbling the right thing, but I was mumbling. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She was easily the most beloved person in the kingdom, and had been married to the King long before he began mumbling. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I can hear myself—I’m mumbling like a deranged drunk. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z She had a mop of grizzled hair covering her eyes, and she spoke in a weird mumbling way, like she’d just had a shot of Novocain. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Ivy gave her the pillow to use however she needed, but she barely looked at Ivy, mumbling a thanks. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z And with that, she began to mutter to herself, mumbling words that Bod could not make out. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z “In the old days, Ariadne’s string guided Theseus out of the maze. It was a navigation instrument of some kind, invented by Daedalus. AndChris Rodriguez was mumbling about string.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z He was still sleeping, often mumbling and rolling his head from side to side, when Professor Achara arrived in the evening. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z After mumbling subdued hellos, Joe stood at the edge of the dirt court with Larry’s hand tucked tightly into his own, reluctant to step out and begin. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And when some older men tipped their cowboy hats, mumbling, “Buenos dias, como le ha ido, amigo?” it suddenly dawned on Herbie that maybe these people he had come to help spoke Spanish. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She began pulling down pots noisily, mumbling, maybe praying, to herself, Polly figured. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “God help him, God help him,” he kept mumbling till my heart felt wrong hurting him as I’d done. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He began to work slowly and carefully, telling himself again exactly what he had to do, mumbling the words he had learned by heart as the sweat poured down onto his eyes. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z As wide-eyed sturgeon stared from glass cases, I led us into the shop, around the counter where Dylan spent his days mumbling curses and scaling fish, through a rust-pocked door. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z She gobbled gigantic green vitamin pills, ate lots of fresh oranges and apples, and she had this habit of touching her bulging belly and mumbling a prayer. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z They rounded a corner, and from around another corner just up ahead, a kind of drunken mumbling was starting to get louder. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z His lips are moving, and I’m pretty sure he’s mumbling along with me. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Prosper wasn't sure what had woken him—Riccio mumbling in his sleep or Scipio's quiet steps. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z I pick up my plate and walk out, mumbling something about getting more food. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z She studied his face: the wrinkles, the aquiline nose, the mumbling mouth. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He was mumbling bits and pieces of sentences through his yellowing moustache. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Next to him, a soldier was mumbling prayers in the softest voice, so soft that Ugwu felt he was whispering in his ear. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She scooted away as quickly as she could, mumbling something apologetic, and almost tripped over Shae as she stumbled out of the tent. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Then came the screams of the woman, and the drunk man in the hallway now mumbling something about him being sorry and that he didn’t mean it. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I found him mumbling in a language of his own creation. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Most days Frau Elena works close by, wearing a torn ski jacket she has found, mumbling to herself in French or singing songs from childhood. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He scratched his beard and tapped at the sky, mumbling about dates, trying to recall where he’d been yesterday. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The driver said, “He ain’t been in his right mind the whole time. Keep on mumbling ’bout someone name of Zephariah.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Milez unlocks his seat belt and climbs in the back, mumbling under his breath. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z People around the room started mumbling, and the meeting broke up. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “At Malpais,” the Savage was incoherently mumbling, “you had to bring her the skin of a mountain lion—I mean, when you wanted to marry some one. Or else a wolf.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z All I could hear next was him mumbling some answer, then her slapping his arm again. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Dad was in the living room, shuffling through blueprints for the granaries and mumbling to himself. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The gods have better things to do than listen to you, and so do I. When at last the droning and mumbling was done, Tyrion took his farewell of the captain of Rob’s Hammer. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She takes her coffee and goes into her bedroom, mumbling the whole time about how I must think the kitchen is my art studio. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z One shopper abandoned a cart, mumbling about a wallet he must have left at home, despite an obvious bulge in his back pocket. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He was mumbling something now, his mouth full of mush, like he was chewing on the words. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The black men and women were mumbling quietly among themselves; they had not known one another before they had come here, but now their timidity and shame were wearing off and they were exchanging experiences. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes he would knock on my door late at night, looking haggard and wild-eyed and more rumpled than usual, mumbling, “Lemme in, old man, you gotta help me, Marion’s on the warpath....” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Groups of students were clustered in the hall mumbling and laughing. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z She made a mumbling noise, burying her face farther into the pillow. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Old Drasco limped past her, mumbling his own endless stream of riddles, and his parade of cats marched along behind him as always. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z NORTON'S door I stopped with my hand on the knob, mumbling a prayer. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z After many whackings and mumblings, he circles round me, clicking the still-hungry scissors in the air, pulling, poking, checking his work. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z But he went on, mumbling like a little old preacher about the importance of truth and how you couldn’t trust radio announcers anymore. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He's mumbling now: "I wasn't expecting company. I'm not prepared for visitors. I need to put a few things away .. ." He then quickly shoots like a trained hamster through a crazy maze of stuff. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z “Yes, Miss,” Harry said brightly, with Anton and Sully mumbling the same. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z He was mumbling, fading in and out of lucidity, shifting between English and Polish. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “Wicked lords ride with mumblings and grumblings because they cannot find a piggy.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z At about noontime, the mumbling got worse, and I could feel him trying to get to his feet. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The boyars began to lean close to one another, mumbling questions. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z When that ended, the mumbling and high laughter started all over. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Leander's not snoring, and Demetrius isn’t mumbling his brother’s name. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “Though the earth be removed,” he was mumbling. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Uncle Pat is mumbling at the gate, rubbing his leg. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The man in front of me kept mumbling things to himself and pacing away from the wall and back. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z I glanced back at Will, who was mumbling and gesturing again. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z My evasive action consists of smiling like an idiot, hiding my face in my own shoulder as though I’m too shy to deserve to live, giggling a bit and mumbling. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z I buried my face in the soft, slightly acrid-smelling flesh of her neck and rocked her back and forth—babbling, mumbling, feeling myself fall down and down, into a dark, half-forgotten life. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Mr. McGowan ran down his clipboard with his pen, mumbling to himself. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z I try not to stare at her, but she makes it hard because she is mumbling to herself and crying. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He gestured impatiently, mumbling something about numbskulls not taking hints, and the boys stepped through the open doorway. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I looked over at Rosaleen, who sat there shaking her head, mumbling, “Lord have mercy,” just looking so disbelieving and happy, like people on television when they answered the $64,000 Question. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z There was some mumbling and shuffling among the gods, as if they weren’t all happy with this plan, but nobody protested. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Tufts of hair like overgrown cotton sprouted from his head, brow, ears, and nostrils as he sat in his easy chair, mumbling about his years working the bank at a tobacco warehouse. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Then the drowsiness, the frightening disorientation, the incoherent mumbling. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Piper couldn’t see what was happening inside the ruins - just the heads of twenty or thirty giants standing in a circle, mumbling and swaying, maybe doing the evil monster version of‘Kumbayah’. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z They were both kind of mumbling sorries to each other at the same time. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z I noticed he was starting to come around, because he was mumbling about peace and nonviolence. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z She didn’t go very far though—I could hear her mumbling under her breath in the hallway. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Uncle Willie sat in the twilight on the front porch mumbling or maybe singing, and smoking a ready-made. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Once Annabeth caught up, she could walk right behind him and keep an eye on Percy, who was mumbling deliriously, his forehead dangerously hot. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He left shortly after she arrived, mumbling something she didn’t hear. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She warns me speak up when I go to St. Joseph’s and don’t be mumbling in English or Latin. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Inside, I hear the people praying—whimpering, whining, mumbling, pleading—to their numerous sticks and stones. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Still mumbling names over and over, I glanced up. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a lot of mumbling and complaints, but the campers drifted off, talking among themselves and giving me suspicious looks. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I'm still mumbling the song as one of them wraps me in a dirty blanket and the other picks me up like a sick baby. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I heard voices mumbling behind the brittle walls. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z My wickedness five years ago, or six, or twelve, has no existence except as now, mumbling, mumbling, sacrificing the slain world to the omnipotence of words, I strain my memory to regain it. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z He went to her, folding her in his arms, mumbling. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z She ran her hand along the empty shelves, mumbling, “Nineteen fifty-five was the year where they killed her.... I want them records I know it wasn’t good. ... Why else would they get rid of them?” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Coach stared at me for few more hour-minute seconds, mumbling something under his breath. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Katz and I welcomed them with smiles and started to pitch in, then paused and put back the bowls when we realized the couple were mumbling grace. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z I grab the albuterol and shake my head, mumbling, “Happy birthday to me.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z And now he was shivering in a dark basement, afraid to come out, and mumbling about someone named Mary. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z But the very next minute he’s mumbling in Hebrew, humming that tuneless tune, and forgetting he’s got a friend who’s suffering. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z She let the mumbling and muttering that followed her words die down. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Aint you done enough moaning and slobbering today, without hiding off in this here empty room, mumbling and taking on. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was shaking and mumbling different noises,” he told ABC News, and his wife said she was “kneeling in front of him and slapping his face.” ArtsBeat Blog: Did You Need Us to Tell You That 'Twilight' Could Cause Seizures? 2011-11-25T16:06:32Z Then he's not just off the wagon but being run over by it, again and again; mumbling something about King Lear as his vast Welsh skull thwunks repeatedly against the tarmac. Burton And Taylor: pills, booze and divadom 2013-07-20T05:00:00Z It turns Christian, who is autistic, into a grim automaton mumbling gibberish and prone to tantrums. Review: In ‘The Accountant,’ a Savant With Daddy Issues Has a Dark Secret 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z “It’s like entering a very crowded bar and yelling into the crowd,” says German writer Christoph Rehage, “instead of staying outside and mumbling to yourself.” They made it their mission to talk back to Trump on Twitter. But is anyone listening? 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z The undead, milling about and mumbling, fall under the pest category, like termites. Zombie Poetry Takes On a Life of Its Own 2012-01-13T14:47:39Z Chiddy's endurance was admirable, but he wasn't exactly good TV but a man mumbling on the couch. In webcast and tweets, MTV tries a new awards show 2011-04-29T10:49:14Z Hordern is marvellous, mumbling his way through Whistle with a detached arrogance, either oblivious to, or in denial about, the creepy events the whistle has summoned. Your next box set: Ghost Stories for Christmas 2012-11-30T09:19:32Z What about Blind Willie Johnson, mumbling his way through “Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground”—his woeful, gravid moaning, is that poetry? A Transcendent Patti Smith Accepts Bob Dylan’s Nobel Prize 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z I started mumbling about history, philosophy, the arts – and he cut me short. Letters: Stephen Hearst obituary 2010-04-14T17:47:00Z Phoenix is mumbling, ranting and raving about how acting isn't for him any more – well, no, not if he's going to act as badly as this – and that he wants to express himself through rapping. Film review: I'm Still Here 2010-09-16T21:59:00Z Sade Anding says she heard voices, coughing and mumbling on Dr. Conrad Murray's end of the line. Woman says call with Jackson doc interrupted 2011-10-04T16:56:08Z He kept his words gravelly, mumbling and few, as if he’d been blocked up by a life of secrets. Charles Wuorinen Adapts ‘Brokeback Mountain’ as Opera 2014-01-24T19:26:19Z This is an original, far out premise, plus “Felicity’s” Scott Speedman is in it, and I really missed his mumbling. Don Draper?s reckoning nears 2012-05-21T12:45:00Z His voice resembles someone mumbling to himself, albeit in German, English, French, Italian, and Japanese. Kraftwerk at Vivid Live 2013 – review 2013-05-26T20:31:06Z After months of demurring, Affleck eventually admitted in September that I'm Still Here, his portrayal of brother-in-law Phoenix's apparent descent from famed actor to mumbling rapper, was an elaborate hoax. Joaquin Phoenix could rise again in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter 2011-02-01T10:10:30Z Impressively bilingual, they can switch back and forth between Shakespearean eloquence and Method mumbling. Tony Awards 2015: Yet another British invasion of America 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z I assume the mumbling monotone was intended to convey dejection. Dance Review: This Time the Trouble Isn?t Wicked Stepsisters 2010-09-05T22:20:00Z As he told The Weekend Australian in 2014, “I’m usually mumbling in the background.” Charlie Watts, Bedrock Drummer for the Rolling Stones, Dies at 80 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z In a 1792 diary entry, the novelist Frances Burney noted her companions’ indignation at the antics of an apparent madwoman who wandered the gallery, clutching a nosegay and mumbling. For a Shakespeare Anniversary, an Online Re-Creation of a 1796 Show 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z The album finds Greene shrinking into womb-like grooves, buried underneath synthesizers and strings, mumbling and singing as if in a trance. New CDs: Washed Out's chillwave sound 2011-10-03T21:26:03Z But what matters is the inner complexity and conflict that lurch beneath the surface of suave and mumbling behavior alike. How Mumblecore Brings Out the Best in Actors 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z Webster and Baldinger shook hands and Webster sulked off, mumbling, “See you next year, yeah?” Inside the battle to build the ultimate Super Bowl party sub — all 3 feet of it 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z "It's a funny thing, mumbling," Davies told Radio Times. Quirke writer admits using subtitles 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z It can hardly be true of all of them or we would long have passed way beyond even the behaviourist point represented by Greta Gerwig's brilliant mumbling. Stop treating actors with contempt 2010-11-20T00:07:00Z Everyone, host included, is amusingly uncomfortable, mumbling, talking over one another, unsure where to be when. Buzzr Presents the Evolution of Game Shows and Ourselves 2015-09-06T04:00:00Z Whether Apple is mumbling a melody under her breath or peeling a snarl off the back of her throat, we are never stealing glimpses into her mind. Perspective | Fiona Apple’s new album is a physical jolt in a digital world 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z This sort of earnest mumbling would butter no parsnips with Joel. Strictly Kosher: Grace Dent's TV OD 2011-07-08T23:07:25Z I prefer the good to the bad, the articulate to the mumbling, the aesthetically developed to the merely primitive, and full to partial consciousness. Review: In Robert Hughes’s ‘The Spectacle of Skill,’ an Aesthete’s Unsparing Eye 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z A twitchy figure shaded under a flat cap, he flits between mumbling shyness and what looks like occasional rage, but he is no miserablist. John Murry – review 2013-05-09T16:41:00Z However, he starts mumbling in his sleep that he killed Bunky, Cookie’s cousin and his old bodyguard who was blackmailing him. How to catch up with … Empire 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z After her return to occasional TV roles following “Only the Lonely,” Ms. O’Hara spoke of her distaste for the style of acting that seemed to prevail: actors mumbling their lines to appear more natural. Maureen O’Hara, smoldering Irish beauty of movie fame, dies at 95 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z Mr. Weiss is a boastful, mumbling Luke; Ms. Soule fares better as Angela, somehow grounding the character even as she has to slide down a firehouse pole while wearing glossy leggings and a white bustier. ‘A Fable’ in Two Acts at the Cherry Lane 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z A bearded guy in a black watch cap was mumbling with authority. My Dead 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z Mr. Nolte plays Walter Smith, a crusty, mumbling trainer-turned-owner whose latest horse has hidden potential and a pedigree clouded by scandal. | 'Luck': ?Luck,? Starring Dustin Hoffman on HBO 2012-01-27T12:00:00Z The two most revered modern male leads – Al Pacino and Robert de Niro – made their names with mumbling mobsters. Live by Night: how the gangster film went from top of the world to sleeping with the fishes 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z Yes, I hear you mumbling in the back, and it was cool, or halfway cool, to see Carpenter get back together with Kurt Russell's one-eyed Snake Plissken for "Escape From L.A." Horror-meister John Carpenter's mediocre comeback 2011-07-05T22:20:00Z In a recent appearance on the chat show Dr Phil, she appeared to be confused and mumbling as she spoke about her daughter. Lindsay Lohan's tears mark the start of another bid to clean up and come back 2013-04-13T13:36:17Z Too much of this show consists of mumbling and fumbling, but the best moments cohere into a thoughtful meditation on the fleeting, often unrecognized brilliance of visionaries. | 'Capsule 33': When a Man?s Castle Is Actually a Tiny Pod 2010-10-03T22:13:00Z The album features old-timers like the violinist Joe Venuti, and Mr. Redbone fits right in, scatting and mumbling his way through Tin Pan Alley fare like “My Walking Stick,” by Irving Berlin. Reissues: Dylan’s ’66 Tour, A-Trak and Leon Redbone 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z Their outsize verbosity and precociousness is like a freakish clown-show version of the subdued mumbling of the teenagers on “Friday Night Lights.” Riff: How Football Players Got Trounced by ?Glee? 2011-06-03T12:00:00Z I remember them trying to put me in the vehicle as I backed away, mumbling something about my things, my husband. Strung out during Katrina 2012-08-30T15:57:00Z Its occasional mumbling about First Amendment rights seems more afterthought than agenda in this clumsy re-enactment of the film’s production, release and subsequent obscenity trials, which unfolds like a witless “Laugh-In” sketch. | 'The Deep Throat Sex Scandal': Trials Caused by a Pornographic Film Are Brought to Life 2010-10-11T21:13:00Z He gives a performance of such awe-inspiring badness that it can never be forgotten, mumbling and growling through nonsense dialogue from behind a chicken cutlet’s worth of facial prosthetics. The Sopranos at 20: how the hit show changed the gangster genre 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z “The Railway Man” begins awkwardly with the dying Lomax mumbling a fragment of a poem that never amounts to much. Movie Review: ‘The Railway Man,’ a True Tale of Wartime Torment and Reconciliation 2014-04-10T22:30:18Z Apocalypse Now nothing but boats, trees and mumbling? Open thread: what are the most overrated films? 2012-06-08T14:46:11Z He started mumbling a bit more when he spoke too. Rapper Andre Benjamin has a Jimi Hendrix experience 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z Penn's mumbling, shuffling goth performance alternates between the cute and the irksome, although the much used press quote "Funny, charming and stylish… unlike anything Penn's done before" does him an unintentionally hilarious disservice. Mark Kermode's DVD round-up 2012-08-11T23:05:22Z Even though making a joke out of artistic process is easy fodder, Ms. Patek’s mumbling is both precise and musical. Dance Review: Rebecca Patek’s ‘Real Eyes’ at Chocolate Factory 2012-06-03T21:19:26Z In the end, he's so fed up he doesn't vote at all, mumbling to his parents that it doesn't count anyway. Beyond flashy big names, "The Politician" showcases how voters are bamboozled, swayed, and disgusted 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z As old adults, we try to squelch our uniqueness just enough to keep our jobs and prevent our children from being ostracized by their peers for mumbling Kraftwerk lyrics to themselves at lunchtime. "Neighbors From Hell": The perversion of the suburbs, unleashed! 2010-05-29T23:01:00Z We hear the soft sound of mourning doves and the mumblings of chickens in a nearby coop, and sometimes the whirring of cicadas. ‘The Yearling’ author’s homestead is a doorway to a quirky Florida subculture 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z The star does perform some Oscar-worthy mumbling before he dons the sheet, but the big performance comes from Mara as the grief-stricken widow. David Lowery on why he made A Ghost Story: 'I was freaking out, having an existential crisis' 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z You'll not soon forget Paul Dally's slurry baritone singing voice — something like a lounge act mumbling in a bus stop. What our writers love this week 2011-04-27T22:30:06Z In one grainy spot, “Chicken Wing Recipe,” the rap group Three 6 Mafia hangs out in an underlighted room at the Chateau Marmont, smoking, drinking and mumbling directions for killer wings. Guerrilla Fashion: The Story of Supreme 2012-11-21T22:29:38Z Quietly mumbling and complaining, these figures were magically lifelike. Review: Tony Oursler’s Grand Illusions, Science Left at the Door 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z At the beginning of “3 Headed Snake,” from his new album, “Drip or Drown 2,” Gunna is beautifully mumbling. Gunna Delivers Soothing Songs About the Fast Life on ‘Drip or Drown 2’ 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z "Right," I said, mumbling to myself, "let the cussing begin." Buying a Blu-ray player a decision many years in the making 2011-04-05T19:59:04Z Or “I’m Not There,” the Todd Haynes film with six mumbling genius Bob Dylans. Imagination Stage gives children two art forms for the price of one 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z It was virtually impossible to get close enough to hear the band, and Dizzee Rascal's practically unamplified guest spot looked like a bizarre, mumbling stage invasion. The Arctic Monkeys at Glastonbury 2013 – review 2013-06-28T23:11:53Z After mumbling something about transferring house points and houses, he quickly changed the subject. Wonderbook: Book of spells - review 2012-11-16T12:55:00Z The system at Downton is starting to crumble, played out in mumblings, sideways looks and minor revolts, although no staff member truly wants the regime toppled as it feeds and houses all of them. Grace Dent's Screen burn: Downton Abbey 2010-09-24T23:06:00Z The only real empathy or connection Anna finds is with her scruffy, itinerant uncle — played by Jake Gyllenhaal, with a mumbling authenticity and a flawless British accent in his New York stage debut. Kitchen-Sink Apocalypse: Two Off-Broadway Visions 2012-09-25T14:00:57Z If somebody was watching me on the 405 Freeway, they would have seen a lone driver, sweating obscenely, mumbling to himself like a madman. Adventures at the Clown Palace: Stand-up comedy helped me confront my depression and cultural taboos 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z The buzz about the documentary began when a bearded Phoenix appeared on David Letterman's chat show in February last year, confused and mumbling. Director admits Joaquin Phoenix documentary a hoax 2010-09-17T04:32:00Z We tried to ignore it, but sometimes we caught ourselves repeating what history said, mumbling along, brainwashed: I am nothing. Past Lingers in Present, and the Sorrows Go On 2013-09-11T20:11:51Z “Guh-nigh,” he says, mumbling through the mouthpiece — and discomfort — as we settle into bed. Tiny Love Stories: ‘Never Good Enough, Never Skinny Enough’ 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z Parker, as played by Andrew Garfield, is no hapless super-nerd, but a mumbling, shambling skateboarder who, though perhaps not extra-strength catnip to the ladies, has no trouble in catching their eye. The Amazing Spider-Man 2012-06-19T08:16:43Z She tells jokes that rely heavily on her impressions of her sniffling mother, her sister forever biting her nails and her father mumbling robotically. Critic’s Notebook: Maria Bamford’s ‘Special Special Special!’ Online 2012-12-17T05:09:03Z Time slows to a crawl as disoriented faculty members at Morgan High School keep mumbling “what” between indeterminate pauses. Movie Review: John Stalberg Jr.’s ‘High School,’ With Adrien Brody 2012-05-31T22:21:00Z Plus, the sound is haphazard, mumbling is frequent and conversation streams jam over each other. The Nerdist; The Search For The Perfect Office – radio review 2013-07-26T06:00:07Z Indeed, his baritone drawl was one of the evening’s real highlights; also up there were his sycophantic mumblings as the landlord/modern dancer Marty. Michael Fassbender really pulls the Big Lebowski live read together 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z “He can’t even lift his head up. He’s mumbling the prayers. No one even knows if he is saying prayers. That’s what this is. This is what you want?” Jimmy Fallon set to take over ‘The Tonight Show’ 2013-12-11T19:24:35Z Webb has reinvented Parker as a shambling, mumbling skateboarder; a loner, sure, but a long way from Tobey Maguire's grinning mute. Marc Webb: the latest director caught in Spider-Man's web 2012-06-21T20:00:01Z In the tale he spins, Martin-Salvan’s character goes on an adventure around Europe to reconnect with a siren, all the while mumbling in a mix of gibberish and English. The Best (and Worst) Theater in Europe in 2022 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z She says she heard coughing and mumbling but didn't recognize the voice as Murray. ER doc: Jackson dead before hospital arrival 2011-01-07T17:27:09Z Hall seizes upon recent accusations that actors and presenters are muttering and mumbling their way through scripts. In defence of mumbling: there's a poetry in our quietness 2013-07-16T13:54:51Z All that mumbling along as he plays keeps him in check. London Jazz Festival: Tigran Hamasyan – review 2012-11-11T17:51:46Z After saying he hoped the patients would be spared some of the pain of his own life, Jackson's voice is heard at the end of the recording, mumbling ominously, "I am asleep." Prosecutors show lineup of Jackson doctor's drugs 2011-10-06T15:27:04Z He lies alone, staring at the ceiling, grunting and mumbling. ‘The Roads Not Taken’ Review: Alternate Lives, All of Them Hellish 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z While driving past the slutty occupationists, professional idiots on Casual Day and minorities with traditional “Day of the Dead” face paint, Officer Taylor begins by mumbling something about drunk idiots on the street. A DWI offer you can’t refuse 2012-11-23T00:00:00Z Mostly I wound up mumbling that I was sorry and then hurrying away, looking for all the world like someone guilty as charged. Fake News, 1969: My Infamous Role in the Harvard Antiwar Protests 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z Underneath her, a man is mumbling in agony; his eyes and tongue have been removed and placed in a nearby ashtray. Dear Ryan Murphy: Please, stop! 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z One might even give it to the end of Ulysses, Molly's meander into sleep, but there is no darkness there: the word never escapes her mumbling lips. Darkness in literature: from the Bible to Joyce 2012-12-31T09:14:54Z This film won't clear that up, but it at least shows you what he was doing: taking drugs, falling out with friends and the movie biz, rapping badly and descending into mumbling incoherence – apparently. This week's new films 2010-09-17T23:06:00Z In “Family Tyranny” Mr. McCarthy is a mumbling, abusive father figure in lederhosen, and Kelley his cowering son. Art Review: ‘Mike Kelley: 1954-2012’ at the Watermill Center 2012-08-16T19:48:14Z "There was mumbling, there was sweating, there was shaking," Rhimes writes. Shonda Rhimes' 'Year of Yes' puts positive spin on simplistic self-help solution 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z “He spent a lot of time way over in the corner of the stage, talking to himself, mumbling to himself,” Mr. Perry said. For a Struggling ?Friend,? a New Shot 2011-02-05T03:00:03Z Stubbs appeared in one production where she even found herself having to lip-read a mumbling co-star. Imogen Stubbs hits out at mumbling actors 2013-06-22T11:26:42Z Media reported the singer was an hour late, before stumbling to the stage and mumbling through her songs. Amy Winehouse booed at start of tour 2011-06-19T10:16:05Z If the prospect of this latest "Macbeth" doesn't fill me with dread, it's not because I've finally gotten over the memory of Ethan Hawke mumbling his way through "Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow" on Broadway. 'Macbeth' succeeds in avoiding its onstage curse when it's on-screen 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z I made some instructional videos, but instead of showing some guy mumbling about how they made the Skrillex bass sound, it was lots of pictures of Casablanca by the sea in the fog. DJ /rupture: how to sing like a sufi 2013-03-26T18:59:01Z It mirrors Internet chatter following Phoenix's infamous television interview with talk-show host David Letterman last year, when a confused, mumbling performance also prompted suspicions that it was all an elaborate act. A hoax? Joaquin Phoenix film gets viewers guessing 2010-09-07T03:05:00Z After the concert, I waited at the stage door and, mumbling shyly, got Serkin’s autograph. What I’ve Learned in 60 Years of Listening to the Philharmonic 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z "Obviously, I think when you do anything like this, you worry that you're going to tip into bad, crazy acting and mumbling and talking to yourself in straitjackets," he says. Alan Cumming takes on 'Macbeth' _ all of it 2012-07-06T17:08:08Z I demurred, mumbling quietly, “Come back and see me when you’re 50.” Aging and My Beauty Dilemma 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z The first, thrillingly muscular scene is almost completely inaudible, while Bill Ward's physically impressive Yank is often impossible to understand, the result of a dodgy accent and an excess of mumbling. The Hairy Ape – review 2012-05-22T17:52:10Z “Oh my God,” he said, mumbling through crumbs. Can the Fonz Make Pizza? Ayyy! 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z Yet by the time an ambulance took him away, he was beaten almost unconscious, and was mumbling incoherently, according to the state report. New questions about death in police custody 2012-04-10T11:17:00Z The performers don't go for modernist mumbling or cryptic lyrics - they love to belt it out and they go for songs with heart-on-the-sleeve words. Karaoke champs vie for fame, dumplings in Russia 2010-09-23T19:47:00Z Sentences turned into fragments, then words turned into mumblings. Critic?s Notebook: Comparing Fred Armisen?s ?SNL? Obama to Dana Carvey?s Bush 2011-12-05T06:52:36Z “It was an obscure word, ‘appertaining,’” Immerwahr writes, “as if the law’s writers were mumbling their way through the important bit.” ‘How to Hide an Empire’ Shines Light on America’s Expansionist Side 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z He has a teddy-bear physique, a cheerful stage presence and a mumbling, stealth articulate voice — with a tendency to swallow the ends of his sentences like so many frosted snack cakes — that breeds instant intimacy. Review: Mike Birbiglia Has a ‘New One.’ It’s Funny Until It Isn’t. 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z And they are prone to occasional fumbling and mumbling, as if suddenly overwhelmed by the vast possibilities of interpretation. Review: Reliving Those Arabian Nights in ‘Pay No Attention to the Girl’ 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z Download this: "Memo Tape" by Paul Dally You'll not soon forget Paul Dally's slurry baritone singing voice after you hear it — something like a lounge act mumbling in a bus stop. Download this: "Memo Tape" by Paul Dally 2011-04-25T19:39:13Z Jupiter Ascending was pretty bad, but it was entertaining, creating an entirely fictional universe with sumptuous visuals, detailed mythology, and whatever it was Channing Tatum was mumbling about. Netflix's Sense8 is the Wachowskis' very own Lost, with a few big flaws 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z His deadpan narration spoofs the voice of God of many documentaries, often mumbling, shifting gears, tripping over itself. The Best Half-Hour of Comedy in 2020 Is About … Scaffolding? 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z Mr. Hurt has played madmen before, and he’s persuasive and compelling as the vengeance-obsessed sea captain, bringing his own brand of mumbling intensity to the role. Television Review: Ahab Has a Wife and a Heart. Oh, and a Whale. 2011-07-31T22:18:03Z Sonic Youth is the star, but the film is filled with about two dozen other up-and-coming musicians at the time, most of them smartly mumbling or squinting with suspicion. Arts & Leisure: Sonic Youth Film ?1991: The Year Punk Broke? on DVD 2011-09-25T03:30:07Z This is a stammering, mumbling, wincing and flinching performance as poor traumatised Spider, and it’s a strong dose of undiluted Fiennes – stronger and more intense than the performances he shows us these days. Ralph Fiennes's 20 best film performances – ranked! 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z “Tina and I are very good at very quickly mumbling to each other something, usually about someone else in the room,” Ms. Poehler said. Amy Poehler and Tina Fey: When Leaning In, Laughing Matters 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z And I remember thinking, ‘Someone’s putting makeup on me right now, and what I really want is to be that guy over there who no one’s watching, mumbling to himself.’ For a Struggling ?Friend,? a New Shot 2011-02-05T03:00:03Z Their latest wheeze is playing the riff to Teenage Kicks into infinity and mumbling over it. This week's new singles 2011-04-01T23:06:04Z It requires superhuman feats from a group of musicians, dressed like sports competitors, who are alternately cheered on and screamed down by performers cast as zealous fans, in front of a mumbling referee. Avignon Festival Gets Its Buzz Back 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z Through it all, though, anyone without a heart black as coal will sit in the theater transforming into human mush and mumbling “aww”. What If: Daniel Radcliffe and Zoe Kazan restore charm to the romcom 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z In “Recall,” a video monitor shows a close-up of Mr. Oppenheim’s mouth as he recalls studying painting as an undergraduate, evoking the obsessive performances and gravelly voiced mumblings of Mr. Acconci, his friend. Dennis Oppenheim, a Pioneer in Earthworks and Conceptual Art, Dies at 72 2011-01-27T04:30:03Z Fort Belichick is “a paranoid and joyless place,” we are told, run by “a mumbling control freak” and an increasingly distracted owner. Is America’s Most Popular Sport Under Siege? 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z He arrived with dark mumblings — “I made so much money I didn’t know I was being stolen from” — and snippets of new, computerized songs. Newbies and the Reunited Gather in the Desert 2010-04-19T21:37:00Z Later, Waldman tells of a woman “mumbling mantras … as she circles the tower. … Om Man Be Gone … Om Con Con Be Gone,” and laments “a lack of power to move ethical clocks forward.” A Poet Takes Aim at the Literary and Political Patriarchy 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z His characters evince mumbling anomie rather than eloquent neurosis. Review: ‘Digging for Fire,’ a Comedy by Joe Swanberg 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z His friends are mumbling something that sounds like “No, no”; but Josh has opened his floodgates, and the fears keep hurtling out. New man becomes new dad – the very hard way 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z He walked back into the bedroom mumbling under his breath, and soon walked out with the lighter in hand. Letting sleeping dogs lie: What “Nurse Jackie” taught me about the addict at home 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z He’s alternating between mumbling gibberish and screaming, and I can’t make out either. I'm not like them, but I can pretend (Obviously, this is an essay about Kurt Cobain and Nirvana) 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z The first is Galloway’s weak attempt to wash his own hands of responsibility, while mumbling on about being just a mirror of the industry. Your #OscarsSoWhite preview: What the blindingly-white Hollywood Reporter actress roundtable says about the 2016 Academy Awards 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z Glass Jar is a sprawling, 11-minute opus that starts with about three minutes of mumbling, watery synth whooshes and shimmering cymbals. New music: Gang Gang Dance ? Glass Jar 2011-03-03T15:10:00Z “There are these interstitial moments that are either choreography or verbal sounds — breathing, text, mumbling — that kind of are an extension of the piece either prior or post.” For Sia, Dance Is Where the Human and the Weird Intersect 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z Still, the mumbling mainstay of US cinema is reliably good value. Cannes 2019 week one roundup: zombies, babies and a sleeping Bill Murray 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z “People are always complaining. People are hating everything and mumbling to themselves.” Vienna is cited as the world’s most livable city. Most exciting? Not so much. 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z Crouched and gray-haired, he fled outside mumbling — and without paying. Closing Up Shop on a Marriage 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z In Mr. Ashley’s hands, “opera” could take in spoken dialogue, chanting and even mumbling. Robert Ashley, Opera Composer Who Painted Outside the Lines, Dies at 83 2014-03-07T03:00:51Z Entropy is a constant threat, as scene after scene winds down into mumbling indifference. DVDs: Monogram Pictures? Charlie Chan on DVD 2010-06-12T03:48:00Z So after a minute of quiet mumbling among themselves, fans broke into a “USA! USA! USA!” chant, the default cheer for a country music crowd. Sam Hunt has the fame, but he’s not ready for it 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z He describes finding Lennon lying by the toilet, mumbling: "Don't move me - these tiles are beautiful." Richards: Mick Jagger was "unbearable" 2010-10-15T15:04:00Z Which is greeted with a long awkward silence before mumbling, “Sure?” The Bachelorette Watch: Anguish In Antigua 2013-07-30T02:46:36Z See those nervous individuals anxiously mumbling their lines under their breath in the corner? Me, Marilyn ? and Carla Bruni too 2010-07-29T18:29:00Z No one pays any mind to the toothless and shoeless, mumbling to themselves or shouting to the air as they shunt shopping carts crammed with their worldly possessions. Prince William and Catherine to visit Skid Row 2011-07-05T22:46:04Z The young man at the end of the line started mumbling. The startling power of my "sweet" white lady voice. 2021-11-06T04:00:00Z After my admirer left that day, it took me a good hour to quiet my inner judge and send him hulking back down the cellar steps of my consciousness to prowl grumbling and mumbling. At What Age Is Love Enthralling? 82 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z At the sight of the doctor, this friend approached him pointing to his open mouth and mumbling an incoherent plea for advice. My long strange winter trip with John Perry Barlow, a legend in the making 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z "They obviously thought that they had a major coup getting a Hollywood A-list star on the show but Willis showed himself to be little better than a mumbling moron." Bruce Willis says sorry for 'boring' interview on BBC's The One Show 2013-02-14T11:52:49Z Mr. Bieber’s good cheer can’t help him, though, when he’s mumbling clunky metaphors, as on “U Smile”: “You are my ends and my means/With you there’s no in between.” Critics' Choice: New Music by Justin Bieber and Dum Dum Girls 2010-03-21T20:58:00Z Jasanoff describes an incident in which Conrad, after delivering the manuscript of “Under Western Eyes,” broke down, becoming delirious and mumbling to himself in Polish for weeks. The Contradictions of Joseph Conrad 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z J. R. felt irritatingly underplayed, with a rushed mumbling delivery. ‘Dynasty’ or ‘Dallas’? Squaring Off in the Lily Pond 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z He narrates his reporting, mumbling inanities like “A Sabbath silence brooded over the mire.” A Rousing Novel Follows a Brigade of Black Soldiers in the Civil War 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z Oh, and thinking that actors are mumbling is, I'm afraid, from my own experience, an inevitable sign of ageing. Citizen Khan: who was offended by it, and why? 2012-08-30T12:34:00Z I’m sorry to be vague, but the movie is coy with the facts and there’s a lot of mumbling going on. London Boulevard Calling: Don't Answer 2011-11-11T16:36:07Z "I don't do much talking," he says bashfully, and when he does speak between songs, it's hard to decipher his mumbling. Frank Ocean – review 2013-07-10T18:34:00Z The last time Lady Gaga spoke about her forthcoming album, she was mostly mumbling platitudes. Lady Gaga's new album 'finished' 2010-06-23T08:49:00Z “It would just be a lot of grunting and mumbling.” At the Movies With François and Hitch 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z Ask parents of third graders and you’re likely to hear a blizzard of “ugh,” involving parents rolling over in the middle of the night, mumbling, “Did you remember?” This Life: Act II for the Tooth Fairy ? This Life 2011-12-09T18:52:47Z Now I understand why before we went on he used to be mumbling in the corner – obviously he'd be going over the lyrics of a song that we'd just reintroduced. Clash city rockers – Mick Jones and Paul Simonon recall the glory days 2013-05-23T17:11:06Z "You sit in a park and invariably you will see someone mumbling to themselves and sometimes they will be very well heeled." Woody Allen's 'Blue Jasmine:' portrait of a lady who loses it all 2013-07-26T01:31:45Z He’s squirming on her right hip, reaching out his arms and mumbling a demand that’s muffled by his pacifier. How an ex-madam, a political trickster and a toddler got tangled up in the Russia investigation 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z “Kenya is admittedly a bit of a mumbler, so he was doing a lot of mumbling, and his performance was a little internal,” Jones said. Kenya Barris Plumbs His Id to Reinvent the Family Comedy 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z This time around he’s mumbling about “killing the past” – does he actually mean he’s about to blow up Carrie Fisher’s General Leia Organa? Star Wars: The Last Jedi trailer – five things we learned, from Rey's dark side to annoying Porgs 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z Good, solid shows which revolve around girls with soot on their faces mumbling, "Mi'lady has requested her special biscuits to be made for the riding party." Grace Dent's TV OD 2011-01-01T00:05:30Z The guy didn’t do himself any favors by mumbling a greeting or walking off as we were talking to him. Review | The newly remodeled Tredici Enoteca kicks things up a notch in Dupont Circle 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z The dude was still mumbling, and I waited for something, anything, to happen, while softly stamping my feet on the crumbling pavement to warm them up. My Dead 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z It doesn’t help that Mr. Sizemore, mumbling dialogue about animal skin as he readies a belt for a beating, is barely intelligible. Review: ‘Laugh Killer Laugh’ Works the Noir Waterfront 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Never mind that as soon as this scene is over, they lapse into mumbling, vapid chatter reminiscent of a high school first date. Movie Review: ‘Green,’ Directed by Sophia Takal 2012-09-07T00:07:34Z Is mumbling — what some people refer to as mumbling, at least — a viable form of rapping? Hip-Hop’s Elders and Youth Go to Battle (Again) 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z A rooster squawked, and in the distance you could hear Kingsolver’s flock of Icelandic sheep mumbling whatever it is that sheep need to tell each other. An Appalachian Elegy, Hillbillies Not Included 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z It mirrors internet chatter following Phoenix's now infamous television interview with David Letterman last year, when a confused, mumbling performance also prompted suspicions that it was all an elaborate act. A hoax? Joaquin Phoenix film gets viewers guessing 2010-09-06T11:51:00Z Later, the Stranger upends a Harfoot lantern and has a mumbling conversation with the fireflies inside. ‘The Rings of Power’ Premiere Recap: All is Not Calm in Middle-Earth 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z But the aesthetic of this style is to turn music as much as possible into actual speech, with an unsteady “improvisatory” pace, occasional mumbling, sudden bursts of thought, sighs, etc. Two ways of looking at Bach’s cello suites 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z Even at the height of the Summer Of Love, there was nothing "flower power" about Micky: no one could have been further from the stereotype of the mumbling, indolent hippie. Goodbye, Mick Farren, activist, rabble-rousing rocker and NME journalist 2013-07-29T16:32:50Z While script details remain sketchy, Segal's film implicitly promises a fantasy bout between Raging Bull's Jake LaMotta and Rocky Balboa, the mumbling mainstay of the Rocky franchise. Robert De Niro and Sylvester Stallone to fight it out in Grudge Match 2012-10-12T15:11:42Z Jesse Eisenberg and Andrew Garfield received an award for The Social Network, stammering, mumbling and looking down, as if entirely in character. Baftas 2011: Peter Bradshaw on the winners and losers 2011-02-14T14:57:24Z Gigante faked a mental illness for decades to cover up his role as the head of the Genovese crime family, mumbling to himself as he walked the city streets in tattered clothes. What Happens when People with Dementia Commit Crimes? 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z Abdul was sitting with a blanket over his head in the lobby of a family medical clinic, mumbling to himself, dry heaving and occasionally moaning in pain. ‘A Daily Game of Russian Roulette’: Homeless in San Diego 2023-05-13T04:00:00Z But I see a lot of hedging and mumbling about side effects in the public conversation about these drugs. Perspective | Will weight-loss drugs put diet charlatans out of business? I hope so. 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z To be clear, the sounds made by harried plants are not the same as the anxious mumbling you might utter if you have a big deadline at work. This Is What It Sounds Like When Plants Cry 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z He doesn't think screen acting has changed much over the decades but he does have a grumble about "mumbling" - actors who fail to enunciate their lines. Sam Neill diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z All the while, I was mumbling about the original homeowner’s lack of foresight. How to make your bathroom floor warm and toasty 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z "Part of the time we couldn't really understand what he was saying because he was yelling at people—yelling through the applause, and mumbling through his words." Heckler Marjorie Taylor Greene’s complaint about “yelling” during State of the Union badly backfires 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z After some mumbling and paper shuffling, about 80 percent of the students flipped their placards, signaling a thumbs-up on globalization. Have the Anticapitalists Reached Harvard Business School? 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z There is still a lot of mumbling and rumbling about the big-picture outcome of the midterm elections. Mike Pence reinvents himself 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z He blames neck microphones, which he says enable actors to "get away with whispering and mumbling because the neck microphone is going to record everything." Sam Neill diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z After mumbling, “uh, really, stabilize the economy,” Blunt skipped on to a confident forecast for election day. Republicans keep harping on inflation, but don't have any answers for it 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z By the fourth night, approaching the frontier, he was delirious from hunger and found himself mumbling his thoughts out loud. Opinion | Escape from Russia: A young college student tells his tale 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z “Sorry if I’m mumbling a lot — I have a very limited vocabulary,” Lillis says, through nervous laughter. Sophia Lillis shifts from scary movies to the panic of live theater 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z When presenting a script, avoid slurring and mumbling. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z "It's ridiculous. We speak so we can be understood. We don't go around mumbling because someone has hung a microphone around our necks." Sam Neill diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z But in place of the courageous confrontation and unified defense that such an assault demands, I see around me today far too much shuffling of feet and mumbling. Opinion | I once wanted to burn ‘The Satanic Verses.’ Now I weep for Salman Rushdie. 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, eager to get back into MAGAland’s good graces, threatened the attorney general, and Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene went on an unhinged Twitter tirade, mumbling something about communism. Trumplandia is predictably gleeful about FBI raid 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z We mumbled along as the congregation sang “Come, Ye Thankful People, Come,” because mumbling was more masculine than singing. Opinion | RIP James Caan, who taught millions of American males how to cry 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z In the video she posted to the platform in January 2021, Amber meanders sleepily down the hall to the living room, mumbling profanely about how it’s time to go to bed. The lucrative, complicated world of TikTok’s interracial couples “All these dark mumblings about what would happen if you disaffiliate from the Democrats,” Ms. Cunningham said in amazement. In Boebert’s District, as Elsewhere, Democrats Surge into G.O.P. Primary 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z Both are quick to wake, understand the majority of my mumbling, and take about the same amount of time to answer queries. Google Assistant on the Galaxy Watch 4 is great except for one thing 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z But no less guilty are the many other Republicans who perpetuate it by mumbling about “irregularities” in the 2020 vote — or by remaining silent. Opinion | No Republican who participates in the war on truth deserves your vote 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z I can’t say all that much about the nuance of Ross’s screenplay, because a lot of what’s spoken, at least by Wahlberg, is imperfectly intelligible, thanks to a mumbling delivery by the film’s star. Review | ‘Father Stu’ biopic plays like an ad for Mark Wahlberg’s piety 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z The trouble began in 1691, when several neighborhood girls fell to mumbling in strange fits and trances. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z The soldier was lying on a stretcher, groggy and mumbling. As Fighting Gets Closer, a Kyiv Hospital Treats the War’s Atrocities 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z He was caught on camera mumbling what appeared to be “shut up” under his breath in response. Pelosi: GOP Reps. Boebert, Greene ‘should just shut up’ 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z Chloe, Mitchell recalled, was “mumbling about Rosa Parks” when they met. She was headed to a locked psych ward. Then an ER doctor made a startling discovery. 2022-02-12T05:00:00Z His most poignant video, made on the night of Nov. 30, caught a woman, naked from the waist down and with just one shoe on, mumbling incoherently. Hundreds of tents that lined Venice Beach are gone, but residents say job is far from done 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z His report said Cedric was “mumbling” at times, repeated that he was Jesus and saying staff should kill themselves and that he would “hex” them. Video shows struggle that preceded restrained teen’s death 2022-01-22T05:00:00Z “Grew to live in fear of Bruno stuttering or stumbling,” Adassa sings in “Encanto’s” big hit, which describes a family outcast with dark visions, “I can always hear him sort of muttering and mumbling.” What do 8-year-olds and Nancy Pelosi have in common? Their favorite pop star is Lin-Manuel Miranda 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z I’m no exception, a recovering gifted kid who resists asking for help and has been overheard mumbling “uh-huh, no problem, I got it” in my sleep. Perspective | What Luisa from ‘Encanto’ taught me about defining myself by an endless capacity for hard work 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z But the next day, Oscar collapsed at home, confused and mumbling in pain, with signs that the coronavirus was flourishing in his lungs. They were the pandemic’s perfect victims 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z In 1900 diver Elias Stadiatis, clad in a copper and brass helmet and a heavy canvas suit, emerged from the sea shaking in fear and mumbling about a “heap of dead naked people.” An Ancient Greek Astronomical Calculation Machine Reveals New Secrets 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z But he struggles with his speech, sometimes mumbling things only his parents understand. They were scraping by as janitors before COVID. Now, this family struggles to survive 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Brittney Spencer, country singer: I think my favorite part is when George starts yawning, but he’s yawning in key, while Paul is playing guitar and mumbling out these melodies. ‘I spontaneously burst into tears’: How 13 songwriters felt watching the new Beatles documentary 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z Fans wearing blue and gray shuffled toward the exits, mumbling to those close by when an eruption of cheers broke out that echoed throughout the arena. Georgetown opens with a flop, upset by Dartmouth at home 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z The film starred Albert Finney as the title character, who evolves from mumbling the miserly “I Hate People” to belting out a jaunty “Thank You Very Much.” Leslie Bricusse, Oscar-winning composer and lyricist for ‘Doctor Dolittle,’ dies at 90 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z The toddler pushed her tiny nose into Dasani’s face, mumbling “No, no, no, no.” When Dasani Left Home 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z Richard Diebenkorn’s “Seawall” at the de Young Museum in San Francisco is a painting I can imagine mumbling about on my deathbed. Get up close to this painting of a sea wall and you may never let go of its light I bet most songs begin as a bit of mumbling to oneself like Paul does. ‘I spontaneously burst into tears’: How 13 songwriters felt watching the new Beatles documentary 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z At one point, Fucci could be heard mumbling, "Please don’t let the demons take my soul. The demons are going to take my soul away," according to WJXT-TV. Florida teen accused of murdering 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey: 'Demons are going to take my soul' 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z Just moments earlier, he was mumbling in grief about his dead son. Images of Biden’s war will never fade 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z He was mumbling and talking to himself, which made them uncomfortable, the search warrant said. A first date at the movies. A stranger with a gun. A shocking 'execution' leaves 2 dead 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z The friends told investigators that they believed Jimenez, who was mumbling and talking to himself, had brought a gun into the theater. Chilling details emerge about execution-style killing of TikTok star at movie theater 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z The friends told investigators they believed Jimenez, who was mumbling and talking to himself, had brought a gun into the theater. Arraignment postponed in movie theater killing of TikTok star 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z Witnesses believed this to be a handgun," the declaration said, the newspaper reported. "Witnesses said Joseph was mumbling and talking to himself which made them uncomfortable. Friends of California movie theater shooting suspect believed he had gun, snuck out of cinema, detective says 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z The trooper could not understand what Suellentrop was saying because he was mumbling with slurred speech, according to the affidavit. Records: Kansas lawmaker’s blood alcohol twice legal limit 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z She often starts writing by mumbling sounds, which she’ll record on her phone, capturing the cadence in nonsense syllables. The Artists Dismantling the Barriers Between Rap and Poetry 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z She responded by “mumbling bad words,” the newspaper said, citing an arrest report. Florida doctor charged with hate crime against Hispanic man 2021-02-21T05:00:00Z In one section of one song, a low, industrial hum rumbles beneath occasional guitar twangs and incomprehensible mumbling voices. Puss is a seemingly simple puzzle game except for the psychedelic cats 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z “Am I going to die?” he recalled the medic mumbling to him. A Black Soldier’s Heroism, Overlooked in 1965, May Finally Be Lauded in 2021 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z “I don’t remember the specifics — just the mumbling, the frustration, the ‘Here we go again.’ Dodgers know firsthand the dominance of a healthy Corey Knebel, so they acquired him 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z Runners still shuffled through, mumbling “Happy New Year,” as they started another new lap. Saying Goodbye to an Endless Year With a 24-Hour Race 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z When he tries to verbally demand money from the teller, he gets nervous, starts mumbling, is scared and runs away. Don't look past Trump's coup attempt: This is a dark moment in American history 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z Sometime around North Carolina, my friends started mumbling the “Happy Birthday” song. Opinion | Donald Trump Was My Fitspo 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z Admirable as the technical achievement is, there’s something horrifying about some of the samples, particularly those of artists who have long since died – sad ghosts lost in the machine, mumbling banal cliches. 'It's the screams of the damned!' The eerie AI world of deepfake music 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z He is mumbling under his breath as he touches the soft, fresh earth covering his sister’s bullet-riddled body. ‘We live in constant fear’: Kabul buries its dead after Isis attack on university 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z My mother’s words turned me into a mumbling and incoherent mess, unable to grasp how this could have happened to her. Kamala Harris, Mass Incarceration and Me 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z “I wish George was here to see this,” Philonise said to the crowd, choking up at the podium and pushing aside his glasses to wipe his tears, mumbling “It’s hard, man” between sniffles. Thousands march in the District for racial justice 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z A man in a long coat followed me around the show on my visit – the stereotypical flashing pervert, hands stuffed into his pockets, sweating and mumbling to himself. 'I get censored four or five times a year': Paul McCarthy, art's virtuoso of vile 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z Barack and the Democrats did not say a mumbling word about the new Jim Crow during his and their time in power. Cornel West on this moment of "escalating consciousness" and the need for radical democracy 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z I don’t even want people to be mumbling and grumbling in my store, so I’m just not letting anyone in. Another 1.48 million workers are newly unemployed 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z Of those, just a few dozen, some barefoot and mumbling prayers, braved the heat to climb a hill to the spot where the visitations were first reported in June 1981. Coronavirus keeps pilgrims away from Bosnian shrine 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z Ripping up agreements, walking away from them and mumbling vagaries about new deals someday, may define “America first” for some. Op-Ed: Trump is playing a reckless game with the global nuclear arsenal 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z One instant, My’onna Hinton was taking a bite out of a slice of pepperoni pizza almost as big as her 4-year-old face, smiling and mumbling “good” through a mouthful of cheese and tomato sauce. Little girl slowly recovering after being accidentally shot by another child 2020-06-13T04:00:00Z Body-camera video shows Gladney pacing in circles in the middle of the residential street and mumbling erratically, as the first officer who arrived on scene and a paramedic attempt to coax him into an ambulance. After arrest of Fairfax officer, advocates say racial disparities in use of force may point to deeper problems 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z Police reported he’d also been mumbling and showing signs of “paranoia and emotional disturbance,” the coroner said. ‘Denied the truth’ says son of black man who died in custody 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z Police reported McGlothen was “mumbling incoherently” and “exhibiting signs of paranoia and emotional disturbance,” the coroner said. Louisiana: Family of black man dead in custody wants answers 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z Police reported that McGlothen was “mumbling incoherently” and “exhibiting signs of paranoia and emotional disturbance,” the coroner said in a news release Tuesday. Video appears to show police punch, tase black man who died 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z Please don't start mumbling at me about how everything will be different after Joe Biden takes office and the Democrats win the Senate. Donald Trump's cosplay fascism, neoliberal capitalism and the pandemic: How did we get here? 2020-05-10T04:00:00Z Batts said Hurley slept on the floor in the living room and was mumbling and moaning throughout the night before she found him dead the next morning. Montana boy, 14, pleads not guilty to fatally beating nephew, 12: report 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z A mumbling sound that forces its way to her lips. Left over life to kill 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z Batts said Hurley slept on the floor in the living room and was mumbling and moaning throughout the night before she reported finding him dead the next morning. Grandparents, uncle charged in beating death of 12-year-old 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z “I’m speaking and a woman is mumbling terribly behind me. Angry. There was a little anger back there,” Trump complained. 'Can't even run a caucus': Trump tries to rattle Democrats on eve of New Hampshire 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z I was just mumbling and just trying to make up jokes onstage. How Jo Koy found his voice on Vegas' comedy club scene 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z So he just plods on, mumbling out his computer-generated questions in a detached monotone neither inviting, nor expecting any answers. Boris thought being PM would be a triumph – but it's all downhill from here 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z They can be found hovering near the spread, pockets full of baby carrots, mumbling “That’s sooo funny” to whoever’s trying to talk to them while never breaking eye contact with the kitchen. A power ranking of the 10 biggest jackasses at your Super Bowl party - Golf Digest 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z Through all those years of growling and rasping and mumbling, he broke every rule, written and unwritten. Opinion | Don Imus, the man who was always willing to go too far 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z Sometimes you’ll see me mumbling the words to it when I’m warming up on the range. Get to know Jon Rahm like you never have before - Golf Digest 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z He speaks with a sometimes mumbling drawl but connected to juries by appealing to their common sense. Ebert retires after 52 years of high-profile prosecutions 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z No matter how pro forma the questions – be they about personnel or strategy, be it in victory or defeat – Belichick, in a mumbling tone, defaults to responses that are by turns clipped, cagey and cliché. Spygate 2 is spoiling Bill Belichick's improbable charm offensive 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z When asked about her wedding or time in China, she lost focus - her words wandering - and at one point suddenly stood to make tea, mumbling about the sugar. Sold to China as a bride, she came home on brink of death 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z When asked about her wedding or time in China, she lost focus — her words wandering — and at one point suddenly stood to make tea, mumbling about the sugar. Sold to China as a bride, she came home on brink of death 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z Always rumpled, always mumbling, his 6-foot-7-inch frame often slumping, he was not trying to be a globe-trotting master of industry or political mover and shaker. Paul Volcker’s Greatest Lesson Wasn’t on Economics. It Was on Being a Public Servant. 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z By the end, Unai Emery cut a hapless figure, mumbling incoherently after defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt as the world collapsed around him. Unai Emery’s broken kaleidoscope was a small part of Arsenal’s problem | Jonathan Wilson 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z “He was mumbling and he was looking at me, but I really didn’t care,” Mr. Dazio said. What the Suspect in the Chinatown Murders Says He Remembers From That Night 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z She told me later that her first sleepy thought when my mumbling woke her was that I had suffered a stroke. I lost my hearing overnight. Here's how I coped with my new silence 2019-11-17T05:00:00Z When deputies arrived, Nealey was “just mumbling” unintelligible words, according to the arrest report. Report: Loud fight with detective preceded chief’s death 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z She said during this discussion her husband made some mumbling noises. Man 'broke neck during chiropractor treatment' 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z Wrapped in a towel, he sang his line repeatedly into a boom mike, alternately braying and mumbling, and then trailing off into a near-whisper. Adam Driver, the Original Man 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z Though their voices faded, their sentiment prompted mumblings of agreement throughout the crowd. 'They were sent to the slaughter': Mexico mourns 13 police killed in cartel ambush 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z “What I’ve heard from the federal leaders is a lot of mumbling apologia about dignity and human rights,” he told the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. this week. Canada’s political leaders agree Quebec’s religious symbols ban is discriminatory. They’ve also agreed not to do anything about it. 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z So Gruden was left walking between an interview room and the locker room mumbling about an early gamble that didn’t work on a day when little did. Jay Gruden’s future remains uncertain after Redskins’ latest dismal loss against the Giants 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z His mouth was anchored by the disease, often resulting in incoherent mumbling. Lane Evans showed America how to be a hero in Congress 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z His carefully cultivated air of chaos — the shock of blond hair, rumpled shirt and mumbling self-deprecation — led many to write him off as a national leader. Another fine mess: Brexit-dogged Johnson’s UN trip goes awry 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z He stroked their hair and choked back tears, mumbling, “Say goodbye, baby, say goodbye.” Syrian father who lost twins to poison gas uprooted again 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z She said that after he returned, she heard him “mumbling” to himself that “Eliyas must die.” Suspect in random D.C. fatal stabbing has history of mental illness 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z The adopted man stands at my shoulder, just out of sight, biting his nails and chewing the inside of his face, mumbling things into my ear, some of which I mishear. Stewart Lee book extract: ‘My work became increasingly angry, bitter and incoherent’ 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z The man in the cap slumped in his chair, mumbling something to himself. John Delaney draws 11 people to 2020 event – does he truly think he can win? 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z The exchange itself is hilarious, with Venus calling her coach over and mumbling "coffee" at him before he even sits down, clearly aware of the TV mics surrounding her. Venus Williams asking for coffee "ASAP" mid-match is the most relatable sports moment ever - Golf Digest 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z We exited that night, father and son, mumbling of portents and talking of hope returning next season. As Wins Pile Up, Mets and Their Fans Soak in the Moment 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z Once, a woman mumbling nonsensically punched my shoulder as I passed her. Raising alert, compassionate children in Seattle’s homelessness crisis 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z The circularity of a depressive frame of mind, combined with the way he talked, a high-speed mumbling, had already forced him to repeat himself more than he could stand. “The Presentation on Egypt” 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z He said Peoples did not appear drunk but looked dazed and was mumbling over and over, “Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus.” Veteran held on attempted murder counts after car hits crowd 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z “He wasn’t hurt apparently, and he was mumbling over and over again, ‘Thank you Jesus, thank you Jesus, thank you Jesus,’ again and again,” Draper said. Sunnyvale driver told police he deliberately drove into a crosswalk filled with people 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z "He wasn't hurt apparently, and he was mumbling over and over again, 'thank you Jesus, thank you Jesus, thank you Jesus' again and again," Draper said. Witness: Car that hit pedestrians zoomed into intersection 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z “The timing of the announcement was the equivalent of Facebook mumbling it under your breath while someone is playing loud music and hoping no one will hear,” he said. Facebook security lapse affects millions more Instagram users than first stated 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z One day, they heard a man mumbling about them. These women were elected as democratic socialists. Now they’re trying to figure out what that means. 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z I don’t include my German husband mumbling in despair: “What is wrong with this country?” What does the rest of Europe think about our Brexit shambles? 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z He started mumbling about the numbers, the ones he was told 25 minutes ago, the ones that discredit how he views himself. Max Scherzer thinks he can get better with age, even if logic says otherwise 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z She was then left overnight under observation by guards, who said she was "mumbling incoherently" throughout the night but was breathing and moving. Diabetic inmate with HIV died after being left on cell floor for 21 hours without food or medicine, inquest reveals 2019-03-24T04:00:00Z As Seve walked off the last green, he was gesturing and mumbling, “The wind … the sand … the trees … the greens … the water.” The GOAT: Golf Digest's Greatest Of All Time Invitational - Golf Digest 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z Lloyd, a political appointee, was seated next to White during the hearing, and he faced much of the Democrats’ wrath, mumbling at times through responses while acknowledging he did not act upon White’s warnings. Democrats grill Trump officials over family separations and threaten wider legal probe 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z I spent more time listening to her, and less time distractedly nodding and mumbling while checking my inbox or tapping out tweets. Do Not Disturb: How I Ditched My Phone and Unbroke My Brain 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z Conventional wisdom, at the Oscars, is usually right, despite there being mumblings that “The Wife” isn’t a strong enough vehicle to support such an honor. Oscar 2019 predictions: Who will win, who should win — and what about those back-and-forth changes? 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z “I indicated I’m going to support the national emergency declaration,” Mr. McConnell said Thursday afternoon from the Senate floor, mumbling and visibly weary after his conversation with the president. In a Divided Washington, Congress Averted a Shutdown — but at a Price 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z The sad thing is that if he had just sat on his backside in his mansion counting his money, mumbling the odd platitude in interviews, but never doing anything, no one would care. Pious plonker or just misunderstood: why we should all lay off Bono 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z Trump will rant, and most Republicans will be reduced to just standing around mumbling for days, possibly weeks. Opinion | This shutdown might be different 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z “He felt bad about it a little bit, not knowing us as well,” Brian says, mumbling with a smile: “I’m just guessing, I guess.” Raising boys: Eliot’s father wants him to be the 8-year-old he is, not what society expects 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z The London obsession with mumbling apologies, or “dealing” with a situation by tutting, while not making eye contact, was mentioned. Londoners troll New York Times with deluge of 'petty crimes' 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z “I was that guy with Birkenstocks mumbling down the hallway,” he told me. An Anti-Vaxxer’s New Crusade 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z He uses a droning, mumbling style of rapping but drastically changes its intended effect through minute differences in delivery. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Michelle Obama’s book reviewer, a tasteless cartoon and other memorable movie dances 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z He searched Juul’s website to find a local store that sold it, and ordered an Uber to get there, mumbling a nonchalant excuse to relatives. The Price of Cool: A Teenager, a Juul and Nicotine Addiction 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z My excitement and reverence soon made way for a sense of sadness to know that the once magical legs are limping and once volatile tongue mumbling. Letters: If USC coach can stay, it would be a feat of Clay 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z Onscreen, Stallone returns with his dark fedora and small bouncing ball, shuffling about and mumbling, allowing his sad eyes to do the bulk of his acting. Review: ‘Creed II’ goes more than the distance. It’s a KO 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z But by 2017, they had captured only two midlevel tournaments, and Bob was mumbling about wanting to get off the road and spend more time at Disney World with his wife and three children. Bob Bryan Waits in the Wings to Reunite With His Brother on the Tennis Court 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z Several witnesses told police they saw a man who fit Crawford’s appearance walking around, mumbling to himself. DNA of suspect in Logan Circle fatal stabbing found on knife used in attack, federal authorities say 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z Tuesday, sat down on their couch and was “mumbling incoherently.” Broncos’ Chad Kelly appears in court on trespassing arrest 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z The intruder sat down on the couch next to the woman, who was holding the couple’s young child, and was “mumbling incoherently,” according to the records. Broncos backup QB Chad Kelly arrested in trespassing case 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z Tuesday and sat down on the couch “mumbling incoherently.” Broncos backup QB Kelly arrested in trespassing case 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z His reversible Washington Wizards jersey is damp with sweat, but while Porter sits on the baseline, mumbling about being cold, he remembers it all so clearly. Otto Porter Jr. plays ‘the right way.’ But more is expected of a max player. 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z One witness told detectives the attacker was mumbling incoherently to himself during the attack. DNA of suspect in Logan Circle fatal stabbing found on knife used in attack, federal authorities say 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z But as Scott talked, he did not speak of Trump and mentioned DeSantis only once — as part of an offhand mumbling reference about how being governor was ‘a great job.’ For red state Dems, optimism kills 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z But as Scott talked, he did not speak of Trump and mentioned DeSantis only once — as part of an offhand mumbling reference about how being governor was “a great job.” Florida Republicans split on Trump: Scott wants distance, DeSantis a hug 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z He may just be a guy in a plaid shirt mumbling into a webcam, but that doesn’t make him any less of a movie star. Review: John Cho endures every father's worst nightmare in the innovative mystery-thriller ‘Searching’ 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z “I feel like so many of these films are just incredible action sequences interspersed with grim people mumbling.” How the team behind 'The Meg' set out to build a better giant-shark movie 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z For the first two weeks of his new life in America, Wayne Rooney lumbered sheepishly though his DC United press events, mumbling the usual banalities. Wayne Rooney shines as he makes MLS debut at a club in need of a boost 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z He spoke in five-minute monologues, sounding jolly when he laughed and mumbling when pensive. A Crisis Management Guru Bungles a Crisis 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z |
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