“Darn it!” he muttered, and turned quickly to pluck the stupid thing from his lip. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Tom points his chin in my direction and mutters to Phil, who turns his head and waves. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“Mercy,” muttered one woman as she studied my scar. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mutter, “Even though I really needed you to be there for me.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“It’s time to say good-bye, Gabriel,” Cabot muttered, standing up and switching off the television. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Will drove a big Winton now, with a hood as long as a coffin and a powerful, panting mutter in its bowels. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She ended each namaz with her head hung low, hands held before her face, palms up, muttering a prayer for God to bring victory to the Mujahideen. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Go away before I set the dogs on you! Crazy,” the woman muttered to herself as they left the lawn. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“And I am funny,” I muttered through the cloth. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

"The Others take my wife," Robert muttered sourly, but he started back the way they had come, his footsteps falling heavily. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The baby starts to cry, a thin, piercing wail, but the sound provides enough cover that I can mutter instructions to Mirjam. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

As they went the young mouse muttered to himself. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“I wish I were a dragon again,” he muttered. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“I’m not asleep,” he muttered, opening his eyes, and shutting them again. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I was awful pleased but I could barely mutter thank you when my mama nudged me. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a great deal of mutinous muttering around the room, which made Professor McGonagall scowl even more darkly. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

One night that summer, when I was lying in bed and everyone else was asleep, I heard the front door open and the sound of someone muttering and stumbling around in the darkness. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“It is your friend, though!” the boy had muttered before running off. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Jon had heard gloomy mutterings around the cookfire, and not just from Dolorous Edd. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“You’ll be sweating when I skin you alive and squish your eyeballs beneath my feet,” she muttered, picking up the rapier. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Earl T. Askew,” Grandma muttered, “president of the Chamber of Commerce.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m warning you!”When still the tree didn’t move, Cole grabbed at the lower branches, all the while cursing and muttering angry threats. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

"What we got here?" muttered the bone-thin man, and threw back the lid. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

“God take power from the devil,” she muttered. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

But she heard her muttering, letting off steam somewhere over to her left. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Behind her the old man was muttering to himself. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve told myself a hundred times—oh, a thousand times!—I ought to buy a revolver!” she muttered, pressing her ear to the wall. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“This isn’t the good part of town. So there’s no sense yappin’,” Bull muttered. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pushing Harry roughly aside, he knelt over Malfoy, drew his wand, and traced it over the deep wounds Harry’s curse had made, muttering an incantation that sounded almost like song. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I found myself muttering a prayer, though I wasn’t quite sure who I was praying to. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Grace rolled her eyes and walked away, muttering something under her breath in Spanish. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

“We don’t have time for this,” Kate muttered, banging the door open at the end of the corridor and hauling the ladder out into the early morning light. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Liam muttered something under his breath, which was lost in the sudden onslaught of heavy rain. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Against you?” he muttered as he gathered up an armful of paraphernalia. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Several grimy portraits had been scrubbed, much to the displeasure of their subjects, who sat huddled in their frames muttering darkly and wincing as they felt their raw pink faces. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I should like much to send all the rest after him,” muttered the Professor, coming back with a relieved air. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

She muttered her sister’s name; she gripped Suri’s shoulder and shook it. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

No one spoke for a moment, then Piggy muttered to the sand. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The city passes in a blur of gaping Plebeians, muttering auxes, and a riot of merchants and their stalls. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Not far now, Hlao-roo, not far now,” he kept muttering, until he realized that what he said had become meaningless, a mere refrain. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I need to remember a lot of things,” she muttered to herself. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Good. You did well. I want them kept alive,” muttered Cluny as he walked across to the ditch and peered down at the captives. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“I’m starting to see him better,” I muttered. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

As he stirred with his stick, muttering curses into his stained white beard, he was thrown into a hysterical passion by Francie asking for a pickle from the bottom of the vat. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shake my head, muttering darkly on shaded paths, holding conversation with the only friend and comfort this world affords, my shadow. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, maybe not all of the rest of you,” I mutter, but Katherine doesn't hear me. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Come on, come on,” he muttered, keeping one eye on the side window, watching for Dad. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Crying: My baby, my mother, my only, only love; groaning: My sin, my terrible God; screaming with pain, muttering with fever, bemoaning old age and poverty—how can they tend the wheels? Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thanks, Mom,” we muttered in dazzled and grateful unison. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Leo couldn’t stop grinning and muttering, “Classic. Classic.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“She wasn’t popular in her old school,” I mutter numbly. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“He’d deserve it,” Cedric muttered, but all the same, he raised his wand and shot a shower of red sparks into the air, which hovered high above Krum, marking the spot where he lay. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Even fake boys on catalog covers got writing homework,” Stella muttered. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Harry muttered to his wand and it lit again. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“I still can’t work out how you two got the best-looking girls in the year,” muttered Dean. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Liver pate,” I mutter under my breath, which is code for: Ms. Wyman should rip his liver out, toss it in a blender, and serve it on crackers. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I—I did not come here to fish,” muttered the boy, immediately nervous again. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“What a time to be a bogeyman,” muttered Arm. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“As if anybody’s had time to pluck feathers,” Jinx muttered to Shady. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“This is not what I expected,” she muttered. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“You’re a mess,” she mutters, readjusting the faded purple faja around my waist and then, in frustration, unwrapping the entire wide ribbon. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was muttering to herself now, and I sat down at the kitchen table. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Now be gone! The left face muttered, “Party pooper,” then he raised his silver key, inserted it into the air, and disappeared. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Finally, Big Ma stopped muttering and spoke her mind. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Mama rubbed her eyes wearily and muttered, “I wish you wouldn’t, Mother.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Mom would have made me come in here anyway,” Natalie muttered without looking up from her phone. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

At last he muttered in disgust, slammed the book shut, and went to Prince’s cabin. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

If anything, from the glares being shot across the sand, the muttering, and the buzzing tension, it looked like things had only become worse. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

They muttered stuff about how it was impossible they were so old and it just yesterday that blah blah blah. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He invented outrageous stories of the perversions of various Popes; informed them of little-known points of Catholic doctrine; raved about Vatican conspiracies, ignoring Henry’s bald refutations and Francis’s muttered asides about social-climbing Protestants. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Stop it,” Harry muttered as the rattling pounded in his sore head. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“That’s never going to stop being weird,” Redemption muttered, and Jam nodded in agreement. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She muttered to herself as she dug furiously with a trowel. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Not really very exciting,” he muttered, resting his arms on the cold stone of the parapet. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t swing your arms like that,” Harry muttered to Ron. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“That’s sick,” Ron muttered, watching the smallest Muggle child, who had begun to spin like a top, sixty feet above the ground, his head flopping limply from side to side. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Yes, thank you,” I mutter as I step forward into the chamber of doom. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Only Horace was unhappy, and kept muttering to himself that he wished he’d never caught that pigeon in the square. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

It didn’t make sense that the little puffs of smoke made the guards crash into each other and mutter “Why am I doing this?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Lord, if I get that job,” Jay mutters. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“A chance for us to get out of our routine,” she mutters. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I had to say something, so I muttered, “I’m sorry you feel like that,” and headed out, without him, into the crowded hallway. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The kid is drunk,” he muttered to his wife and kept on walking, shooting back a sour glance after making it a safe distance. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I heard my sisters stir beside me, muttering as they woke, and I knew it was working. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

One or two gave Frodo a black look and departed muttering among themselves. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Malfoy, whose pale eyes were still watering with pain and humiliation, looked malevolently up at Moody and muttered something in which the words “my father” were distinguishable. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

You heard me and you turned, and as soon as you realized I was spouting nonsense, you turned away and walked on, muttering to your friend, “Another nutcake.” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

They gave Frank a strange look, muttered something in Italian, and kept going. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

After dropping his box, Julio, who was still muttering under his breath, picked up Paishon’s rifle before heading back down the trail. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

“And we plan to keep it that way,” Blunt muttered. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

On the screen, a man was pacing in a bedroom, running his hands through his hair and muttering to himself, reminding her of, well, her. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Papa hadn’t left the house muttering too long ago when the doorbell rang. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Ron muttered to Harry as the veela-girl dropped her parchment into the Goblet of Fire. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She muttered and prodded me all the way back to the house, “Little girl chopping cotton. White girl chopping cotton. Tate girl chopping cotton. Lord help me.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“But the next day, if you can get out and lose the tail—” “No,” I mutter, fanning myself again. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“No problem,” she muttered, her eyes on her menu. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He read the daily papers and muttered under his breath. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The empty mouth caught the chill breeze and a hushed muttering rose from the cauldron’s depths, like the lost voices of the tormented dead. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Good evening, y’all,” Wanda said, and a few people muttered a response or waved to her, some shifting in the pews, and the rustling echoed loudly in the otherwise silent church. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I had a lot of things,” he muttered. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Stumble out I hear him mutter somethin to Mr. sitting on the porch. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

"The tortoise must never escape," they heard him mutter to himself as they panted. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Fairy technology. Most impressive,” he muttered, popping the battery from its groove. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

After muttering some words, Seed Collector handed another crystal fire to Nathan. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Then he pressed a small button on the lapel of his jacket and muttered, “Copy that. No sign of the godly mounts.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He says the boy had cut himself deeply and had lost a great deal of blood and my mouth begins to mutter that prayer again: La illaha il Allah, Muhammad u rasul ullah. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Caesar’s orders are,” he muttered, “if you will not ready yourself, servants will be sent to wash and dress you by force.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

He muttered to himself and complained and drank half a bowl of water before he went back to sleep. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old woman with the pale eyes mutters something about the anti-Christ. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“I’m on my way,” I mutter, as if my boss could hear me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“This dude just loves disappearing,” she muttered, crouching. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“I’m not sorry I went after them,” he muttered. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“The man just hung up on me,” Papa muttered. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Sorry,” I muttered, untwisting my fingers from her coils of hair. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She could hear a muttered argument taking place in a corner. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Bast stepped into the room, muttering under his breath. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They lean into him, pat his back, and mutter encouragement. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Noggle turns away from us, muttering something about the general and foolishness and princes getting their heads removed from their shoulders. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Dad stayed at the door until Charlie walked back into the woods, muttering to himself. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Great,” he muttered as he grabbed his backpack. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The hard work of hoisting heavy casks into the hold was accompanied by the stevedores’ usual grunts and muttered oaths. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

He, too, was muttering prayers, his hands resting gently on my side. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“And six million in gold and jewels,” Percy muttered. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Neighbors gathered, giggling, muttering words of pity and astonishment, asking my mother how on earth I could have learned so much so quickly. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Looks like I’ll have to do his work for him,’ muttered Johnny. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t mind winning,” Kojo muttered after Mr. Lyons was gone. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Mean old hog,” muttered Rita, and yelped when the She Elephant pinched her. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She heard him mutter, “Oh dear. Oh dear me, yes. The novel must tell a story.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He stood irresolute, making some excuse about his mother who expected him; he even muttered something about an engagement She struck a match and lit the lamp on the table; it was growing dusk. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I know a few basic snares," I mutter. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Oh dear gods,” Rishi muttered next to her, his mouth twisting into a mixture of distaste and pity. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

But Aziza only muttered contentedly and dug her face in deeper. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Sergio shakes his head, and I hear him mutter something about the cow just needing medicine. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“But you can’t stop me on the come up,” I mutter. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Rohin was holding his almanac in his hands, muttering something under his breath. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He looked perfectly calm as he watched them mutter themselves into silence. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Then, as Fiver stirred and muttered beside him, he pushed him gently with one forepaw and nuzzled his shoulder. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We can take them. With a bit of trickery and their trust, it can be done. A bit of trickery, a touch from the Fates—” “—and a blood offering,” someone muttered. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Ranofer’s voice trailed off into a sulky mutter and he sat scowling at his toes and feeling miserable. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“Because, my young friends,” he muttered sourly, “what could be more important than doing unimportant things? If you stop to do enough of them, you’ll never get to where you’re going.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You have to go,” he muttered, so thickly that Hazel could hardly catch the words. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m fine,” I mutter, trying to rub away the dark circles under my eyes. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Might get some of that flab off your butt,” Katz muttered privately, and stepped into the woods. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

"Well, who says you have to like your clients," the detective muttered to himself. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

They set off together, with the servant girl carrying the child and the man driving them on, muttering to himself about the great insult that had been done him by this act of disobedience. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

He stroked his whiskers and muttered to himself. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Nice to see no good deed goes unpunished,” I mutter. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to make a deposit on those silly hats,” Bongo muttered. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Oh I am glad I’m not on duty,” muttered Mr. Weasley sleepily. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“She’s so old,” Buttercup muttered, starting to storm a bit now. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Behind her, Oz was chewing and muttering to Jak at the same time. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

On April 16, when Lee Strunk drew the number 17, he laughed and muttered something and went down quickly. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Here’s a charge that doesn’t look very charitable,” I muttered, still studying the bank statement. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

But she mutters it under her breath so only I hear. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

First it was a humming, then a muttered conversation as though several people were talking at once. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He muttered the name of a town on the mainland. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

A group of adults looked on, refusing to move at the policemen's command, and muttering about Clifton. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, great!” muttered Elinor, stumbling out of the cage with Teresa. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

‘Curse him! I wish he was choked!’ he muttered. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“It’s a pity you didn’t think of your little girl’s health before you deprived her of her pet robot,” he muttered—but to himself. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“The prerequisite conditions did not exist,” he shrugged and muttered. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before Martin’s mother passed, it was her lot to translate the ellipses and muttered asides that constituted conversation between father and son. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“Now that you know she’s racist,” I mutter, turning away from the photograph. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I cross my arms, as next to me Katherine mutters, “He did not just compare Negroes to apes.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“It’s a stupid rule,” I muttered, pressing my forehead to the cold wood. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Did they mutter any tribal incantations while they did the killings, for example? Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Jo saw and understood the look, and she stalked grimly away to get wine and beef tea, muttering to herself as she slammed the door, “I hate estimable young men with brown eyes!” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

An icy current wove through the air, carrying along with it hollow sighs and a swell of dull mutterings. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Right between the shadow of the trees there was a smooth space, and over this he passed his hands to and fro, muttering words under his breath. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“This is too much, this time they’ve gone too far,” he muttered when he saw them. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Help me, Harry,” he muttered, pulling a roll of Muggle money from his pocket and starting to peel the notes apart. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“You’re wetter than a wharf rat,” he says, but she just mutters, “Keep watching...keep watching...” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

He pulled off his glove, put his hand against the door, muttered something in a language older than English. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“I’m looking for the Woodworks,” I muttered, slightly stunned. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

In the distasteful stillness, while he muttered and insisted that the terms should be observed, reluctant hands disarmed Sir Lancelot and tied him. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally the opportunity came: Jackson looked down to straighten his sash, muttering something to himself. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

"Fine. I didn’t really want to play with you, anyway," he muttered as he left the room. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

The conductor is walking away from us now, shaking his head and muttering to himself as he plods through the empty train car. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Can’t even drive,” he muttered under his breath, his mustache rippling indignantly, but fortunately neither Dedalus nor Hestia seemed to hear him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Tyrion ignored the muttered curses as best he could A fish cmv sailing out of die crowd, slimy and rotten. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Working for you was an education,” Grandma muttered, though only Mary Alice and I heard. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Some of them mutter a phrase, some smile, some remain silent and still. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s get the show on the road,” he muttered. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Bagman now pointed his wand at his throat, muttered, “Sonorus,” and his magically magnified voice echoed into the stands. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Meshugener,” Sender muttered under his breath as I passed him on my way out. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Over in the bow, Leo whistled happily as he tinkered with Festus’s mechanical brain, muttering something about a crystal and an astrolabe. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Ron muttered to Harry one evening as Harry sat finishing a nasty essay on Undetectable Poisons for Snape. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

"I spoke to her," he muttered, after a long silence. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

He spent his days muttering dyspeptically to himself and singing naughty sea chanteys, with the occasional random earsplitting screech thrown in just to make you jump. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

‘I wish the river was closer,’ Percy muttered. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Herbie subsided suddenly, and muttered in a low voice from which the metallic timbre departed almost entirely. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“So unfair,” I muttered under my breath, shaking my head. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

He growled and muttered and then lay down on his side, his eyes closed, as if disdaining his tormentors. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Rachel finished writing a few words and muttered, “What in the world?” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Mr Tibbs swam out of the room muttering unspeakable words to himself and wiping his brow with a white handkerchief. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was strange, in that dark stillness of the wilds, to hear him mutter words of a language he had learned on another world than this. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

All day she lay so, only rousing now and then to mutter, “Water!” with lips so parched they could hardly shape the word. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were not unforward nor imprecise in our criticism of our officers, muttering that cowering timidity was but poor cover for past incompetence. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“It’s me,” he muttered, crouching down between them. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The Ares folks got up, and Clarisse muttered a dazed curse. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“It will not be necessary for us to enter,” muttered Dumbledore, glancing around. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

As I went past, muttering a quiet 'excuse me, madam,' she turned and said: 'Oh, Stevens, perhaps you're the one to tell me. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s right, Smith, he is,” muttered Harry, grinning to himself, as he dived amongst the Chasers with his eyes searching all around for some hint of the elusive Snitch. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I turn up the volume on the microphone, but I still can’t hear anything but muttering. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I collected my books and stumped off muttering, “There’s an awful lot of this going around.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s ancient history,” Emma muttered, “relevant to nothing. And hadn’t we better be thinking about the future instead of the “Someone’s being a grumplepuss,” said Olive. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

No, Sean would mutter something about their father being dead for years, about Finn being too young to remember, and what was the use of bringing it up? Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

She heard him muttering as he clicked the beads on his abacus, figuring out new ways to pocket a cent. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

The last few trips had seen some ugliness at Mole’s Town, a little pushing and shoving, some muttered curses, a lot of sullen looks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Going as fast as I can,” Hazel muttered. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She muttered something, then rolled over onto her side, falling back into her obviously deep sleep just as another crack sounded from the forest. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

A group of Junior Record Keepers awaiting Director Cobblepot shoot me nasty looks and mutter something about “unfair badges” and “stupid magicians,” but I ignore them. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He wipes his mouth and mutters one word: “Idiotic.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She led the Batys off to one side and muttered at them; then the three of them returned to confront J. R. Isidore, who felt uncomfortable and out of place. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Try to cover your face as much as possible,” she muttered before flicking on the radio. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

From her parents’ bedroom came a low snoring—that was her father—and an occasional sleeping mutter—that was her mother. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

She muttered something incomprehensible and shook her head. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

One of them spent the whole time mopping his face and neck and muttering foreign phrases which Lyddie was sure had to do with the temperature rather than the marvels of the Concord Corporation. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“You keep saying that,” Chubs muttered, sitting back, “and then it’s, Oh, sorry team, let’s huddle together for warmth, while the bears try to break in and eat our food.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Blacken me if I know,” she muttered, then called down the bar. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“You never spoke a truer word, boy,” someone muttered dryly to Dumbledore behind Harry. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

‘Talking won’t mend nothing,’ he muttered to himself, as he gathered up all the things that they had chosen to cast away. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I’m about to call out for someone on the train who might know what to do if he’s having a seizure when Mateo mutters “No,” and repeats it over and over. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“It keeps the mud off my shoes,” he muttered, turning a page in his book. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Now, as the spell broke, people began to mutter and move about. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Make them come here,” Hazel muttered over her shoulder. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“He said it would take hours to thaw,” mutters Mom. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

"Sitting," he muttered, staring at the next step down. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I was muttering the report out loud when my door opened. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Still, I was not functioning properly. I suffered several bad dreams last night. I awoke bruised and muttering.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Someone could slip on that. Break their necks,” he muttered, interrupting himself. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“That poor kid,” he heard Alec mutter behind him, thankfully not loud enough for the Toad to hear. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Don’t,” she muttered, breath hitching with every inhalation. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Piggy muttered the name to himself and then shouted it to Ralph, who was not interested because he was still blowing. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“I guess I got about two hours,” I muttered out loud. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He was aware of the eyes that followed him, of the muttered voices wondering what he would do. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Like we so dumb we need some stranger to make us think about freedom,” muttered Luke. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He muttered something under his breath, his forehead furrowed in concentration. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Welcome to Coalwood,” Mom muttered to his back as he ran up the porch steps to answer it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

As she attempted to call a second friend to kill more time, someone sat down beside her, muttering something under his breath. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“She changed the fabric,” he mutters to himself. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Lou was delirious and snow-blind, completely without sight, unable to do anything for himself, muttering incoherently. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby couldn’t understand why the chief arbiter didn’t prevent this muttering, since it was forbidden by the rules, and he told the organizers that Tal should be thrown out of the tournament. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Moteth?” she muttered around a mouthful of sleep, her eyes barely moving under her lids. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Merry saw many folk standing, looking up and muttering; all their faces were grey and sad, and some were afraid. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Then, just as quickly, they were gone, and she was muttering something about dirt in her eye. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I hate it when people look at me,” he muttered. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Valley muttered as she skimmed the rest of the passage. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The chant, too, died out and became a mutter of words that Tree-ear could not hear. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“Daedalus had so many ideas, I could spend fifty years just trying to figure them all out” “Yeah,” I muttered. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I will take care of this,” she muttered. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

When the doorbell rang, he muttered a curse under his breath about her stomach swelling from eating feces. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Nathan’s head kept twitching from side to side, he called to our sons and muttered words that I did not understand. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luke muttered, “And my last,” too softly for anyone to hear. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

He mussed his hair, muttered, “Jesus Christ,” under his breath, and finally said, “I just think you seem cool, okay?” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, yeah, yeah,” muttered Holly, running her fingers over the rows of confiscated Retrieval equipment. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The man who faced the wall muttered a string of curses that echoed against the stones. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hate that guy,” she muttered in English. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“The preacher is an unassailable mountain,” I mutter. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Ayanna muttered something that sounded suspiciously like a prayer, then motioned me and Gum Baby forward. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Ron kept muttering out of the corner of his mouth. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“And who knows where it will end,” muttered the Earthworm, “if you have anything to do with it. It can only mean trouble.” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

‘What are you doing here?’ he muttered crossly at Johnny. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He muttered something in Russian, then blew a long stream of smoke in my face. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Don’t know what you mean, Sirius —” muttered Pettigrew, his breathing faster than ever. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She picked at her feathers and muttered under her breath, like she was practicing lines for a play. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Kainene let Baby hold the dagger of the emaciated man who paraded the compound, muttering, “Ngwa, let the vandals come, let them come now.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think I have any choice but to kill him now,” he muttered. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“This place is worse than the River Cocytus,” he muttered. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Meet you in the common room,” Harry muttered as Professor Trelawney’s voice called, “Harry Potter!” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Finally, she looks away and mutters, “I’m not scared of him.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“He kept muttering about wisdom’s child, the Mark of Athena, and the giants’ bane standing pale and gold. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Moody limped around the table and bent down; Harry thought he was reading the S.P.E.W. notebook, until he muttered, “Nice Cloak, Potter.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The psychologist muttered, “I should have been told. U. S. Robots had no right to modify positronic brains this way without the approval of a psychologist.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

And he stooped and took up a handful of the soil and he held it and he muttered, “If you sell the land, it is the end.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t need to leave breadcrumbs if I had a cell phone,” I muttered into my lap. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Not ever,” Hannah muttered to herself as she watched the smoke curling up, writing its long numbers against the stone-colored sky. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You should’ve worn my clothes,” Frankie muttered under his breath, drawing a small manila card from his evening coat’s breast pocket. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Fine would later write that Bobby “was not yet strong opposition. My family remembers how furious he was after each encounter, muttering that I was ‘lucky.’” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s a scurrilous dog, that man,” she muttered. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"All the same, I don’t think they stole it just because it's valuable," muttered Meggie. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

‘Do something,’ Johnny muttered to them, determined his master’s shop should look busy. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He muttered something to God or maybe to himself and continued. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

For a moment the sight of it gladdened the hearts of the hobbits; but Gollum cowered down, muttering curses on the White Face. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“Flew too close to the sun,” Maya muttered, trying to spread the goo on her nose without it dripping on the rest of her face. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

It didn’t take long for their low mutterings to give way to louder commentary. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I hope it isn’t Arobin,” he muttered to himself as he walked. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then Millard, who was also in our boat, muttered something in her ear and she frowned and turned the map sideways, and frowned again, then said, “I mean, eight and a half.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She walked the streets of old Jerusalem muttering her new words in Arabic, sprinkling them down into cracks between stones. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“His own mother doesn’t know where he is,” the other officer muttered. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He muttered something about telling Mommy and quickly strapped on his helmet. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The old man-at-arms muttered to himself as he rode. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Someone muttered a prayer over her and we fell back to sleep. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

As he picked through the shattered stone that had once been Maester Luwin’s turret, ravens looked down from the gash in the wall above, muttering to one another. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Takes one to know one,” Miles muttered back. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“Grandma,” I muttered, holding up the small coat. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was followed by her sister-in-law, who was muttering prayers, and by the driver, who did not have the foggiest idea of the purpose of their trip. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wrote down the word and muttered it under her breath. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The current eddied around its gaping mouth and the cauldron seemed to be muttering defiance. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

“That means half of us are dog meat,” Joey muttered. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ron’s voice tailed away in mutters, barely audible over the loud crackling of the fire, though Harry thought he caught the words “Krum” and “can’t complain” again. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

When they got to the front row, Artemis muttered, ‘There you are. We were beginning to wonder.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“I dropped—I dropped the goblet,” she muttered. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Tranquilino still couldn’t hear too well, so he muttered “Eh?” again. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We would probably be better off without him,” he muttered to York. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The market was crowded with folk whose cupboards had been cleaned out by the Christmas feasting, and Sarah muttered rude things. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The boy will have to be dealt with,” the Elders muttered. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“This is a witch hunt,” she muttered quietly, looking out the window. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

But then she must be — “Ginny, please wake up,” Harry muttered desperately, shaking her. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I ignored the windows now and walked along, becoming aware that I was muttering to myself again. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Italians, ever graceful, muttered that it was nothing. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The toys in the toy box were still mostly asleep, and they stirred and muttered as she moved their box, and then they went back to sleep. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

‘I will get back to you, Calypso,’ he muttered. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She pushed on doors, muttering panicked prayers, her face moist with tears, until one opened, and she saw, with relief, the outhouse, the well, the toolshed. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Touchy, touchy,” she muttered, pushing her sunglasses up her nose. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Hush, you old thing,” I muttered to the bird. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She heard Calpurnia muttering: “... no business fillin’ your head full of stories ... kill ’em if I could get my hands on ’em.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“There must be something,” Hermione muttered, moving a candle closer to her. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She began to mutter to herself in the same strange language that Kaede had heard at night. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Or maybe there are ten guys with guns waiting outside this room,” Mark muttered. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

"Take a last look at me, Pa, rest your bones," he muttered to himself. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

“It was my job,” I mutter and head straight for the doors when the meeting is over. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“And none so poor,” he muttered to a reporter, echoing Julius Caesar, “to do me reverence.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the awkward silence that followed, Werfel heard the muttering of a spell. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Papa had driven us past the crowds at Ezi Icheke once, some years ago, and he muttered about ignorant people participating in the ritual of pagan masquerades. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I sagged against my mom’s shoulder and muttered, Please kill me, Mom. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry muttered, sprinting to her and dropping to his knees. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Melyngar neighed uneasily; Hen Wen, placid and agreeable until now, began to roll her eyes and mutter to herself. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“He’s right! We aren’t animals!” a woman yelled, and others muttered their agreement. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

My heart sank; I muttered oaths under my breath. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hang on . Harry muttered to Ron. “There’s an empty chair at the staff table. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

They would huddle over the table awhile, muttering like conspirators, sipping tea or one of his concoctions. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know what I was expecting,” she muttered to herself. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We should have a song about the Rat Cook,” he was muttering, as he staggered past Theon, leaning on his knights. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She whispered a poem: “The storm is past, no more repining Behold! the gentle sun is shining” “Yeah,” muttered Charles, “but the track is still too heavy for Seabiscuit.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Must be nice,” was all I could think to mutter. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

When he didn’t respond, she muttered a curse under her breath and began walking again. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Tranquilino turned up his hearing aid, and, after fumbling in his pockets for a pair of glasses, he perched the cracked lenses on his nose, muttering, “Eh?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, or a diamond stud to put where the sun don’t shine,” Digger had muttered. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

When I ask Stu what happened to inspire the crackdown, he just mutters about “management decisions” and takes the opportunity to upbraid Gail and me for being too generous with the rolls. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t used to hearing such kind talk and muttered, “Thank you.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, Baba jan,” I muttered, marveling, not for the first time, at how badly Baba could sting me with so few words. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“How you have eaten—how you have eaten!” he muttered thickly. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Over the clatter of knife and plate and the low mutter of table talk, he heard Patchface singing, . . dance, my lord, dance my lord,” to the accompaniment of jangling cowbells. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Evan muttered under his breath and adjusted the position of the cup. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Others frowned at her and muttered words like “mischief” and “silliness” and “show-off.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Grover trotted around with a full plate of tin cans and enchiladas, and his goblet was full of double espresso latte, which he kept muttering over like an incantation: “Pan! Pan!” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

But Jaja glued his eyes to the window, and except for muttering the prayers, he was silent until we got to Enugu. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Dammit, that Rose Mary keeps spending money on art supplies!” he muttered, pretending to be talking to himself. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess it’s more potatoes,” I muttered, glancing at the sack. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Amateurs,” Emma muttered as she pulled us on to the next attraction. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Boy, let me eat my breakfast,” John muttered—though his plate had long been empty, and he was pleased that Roy had turned to him. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The captain muttered that a few of the crew still on board would probably have preferred another master, but that hardly mattered now. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Still breathing very fast, Harry heard Snape walking away down the corridor; Filch handed Moody the egg and disappeared from view too, muttering to Mrs. Norris. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Which usually gets my dad muttering about how hard it is to job hunt in Georgia while living in New York. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“Time to earn your keep, Picasso,” he mutters. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

“And when he gets back, he’d better have a really good explanation for where he’s been!” muttered Gregor as he slammed the dryer door shut. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Only its thin ghost continued to mutter from beneath the eighty pillows. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t tell if I was saying it as a prayer or muttering it as a way to push down the fear. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Some things don’t have to end,” I muttered through my teeth, instantly tense. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Papa was muttering something under his breath now. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Of course she did,” Mr. Beaver muttered to himself. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The master left for London with much muttering on the part of his wife. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Eight months! Thqr vanish to Boston for eight months and then show up with no warning and wanting tea. Tea! I could get tarred and feathered for brewing tea,” she muttered. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Candor around me mutter to each other, some of them scowling. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She stalks away, muttering about twits who flaunt regulation. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

About three o'clock the quality of Wilson's incoherent muttering changed--he grew quieter and began to talk about the yellow car. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“He always was the impatient man,” Bear muttered. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

With a great deal of bustle, muttering reproaches to itself, the Dwarf half led and half supported Shasta at a great speed further into the wood and a little downhill. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Terry bustles in, half muttering to herself and half to the room. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“That makes sense,” Yishan muttered, more to himself than to the others. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Night and day, my girls,” Mom mutters, running a finger through graying hair. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

That night Lili could hear her son muttering his lines as he tucked himself in his corner of the room and drifted off to sleep. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

While I typed she sat down and slid a book off a tabletop and muttered that her hands had cooled back down and were so bad she couldn’t use her fingers to turn the pages. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

They churred excitedly when someone discovered a large scorpion—and muttered with disappointment as the lucky finder nipped off the stinger and ate the rest of the creature! A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Denna took a step away from me, muttering and rubbing at her eyes. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There was a distant mutter of thunder borne on the rising breeze. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I just muttered, “I’m sorry,” and shook hands with them. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Surely, they muttered, the baby had the sickness, too. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Every once in a while, she rolls her eyes and mutters, “Here I am, a trained dentist and a teacher, gluing puzzles.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

With this he slowly began to unpick his beard, muttering to himself meanwhile and taking the greatest precautions not to drop a stitch. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

And for the first time she seemed to sing her prayers instead of muttering them. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was fuming, and I could tell by the way he muttered and bit his lip that he was trying not to lose it. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He slumped against the wall, muttered some­thing under his breath, and crossed his mutilated foot over the good one. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He mutters, "God, it's Maura," as if I'm going to know who Maura is, and he just stares at the phone, seeming unsure of whether to answer. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

“I know what I’m doing, Percy,” she muttered. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Papa was like a Fulani nomad —although he did not have their spare, tall body—as he swung his belt at Mama, Jaja, and me, muttering that the devil would not win. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Sugar, she nodded and I went back to my dishes, but I heard her muttering. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She served them while Min continued his muttering. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“Thanks,” Jason muttered, though his teeth were chattering with fear. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I said something mean to Howard,” I muttered. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“I tell you I don’t like it,” muttered the Captain. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I got ’im,” he muttered, his clenched teeth bared in a smile. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

At night she sulked and muttered under her breath. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then Howard started muttering under his breath next to me, “Pineapple. Pineapple. Pineapple.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Thanks,” I muttered, and pointed myself toward the road, ignoring his offer of help. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Wait a minute,” she muttered, turning the page. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Jesus,” Mrs. Torrance muttered, and she stood up, moving her dreads out of her face. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Minho sighed as if bored, then muttered, almost to himself, “Why do you shanks always come in here asking stupid questions? It’s really annoying.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Every once in a while, she stirs awake and mutters a prayer in Arabic. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Jesus,” Bruno muttered, shooting his father and the rest of those old geezers a finger. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It pecked three times on the white staff Nemmerle leaned on, and the old wizard ceased his muttering, and smiled. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

The Son mutters, “May you never bear fruit again,” and instantly the fig tree withers. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He no longer muttered “nation of intractable sycophancy” when the nightly news started on NTA, no longer held long monologues about how Babangida’s government had reduced Nigerians to imprudent idiots, no longer teased her mother. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

On the stairs, someone was muttering, “If it’s not butter, it’s bacon.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Omakayas rocked and muttered, shushed, hummed, and sang an old lullaby her mother used. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“That rat! He didn’t even need those points. Selfish poacher,” Emily muttered. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He mutters something as he hangs up, but all I can make out is the word turkey. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Eventually Jake looked away, muttering something that could, conceivably, have been an apology. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I hope,” he muttered, “it isn’t going to take this long to load!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now we go back to the Carousel room,” muttered Mr. Nancy, “and old One-Eye buys us all dinner, greases some palms, kisses some babies, and no one says the G-word any more.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“Typical,” muttered Mulch, flattening his ear to the cold steel. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The crew began muttering and Archer raised his hands defensively, but Reed silenced them. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The old woman was gasping for breath as she minced along and muttering to herself in distracted agitation. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“She acted a fool,” her mom muttered, almost to herself. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Anker muttered something under his breath as he picked up the ladder and he stowed it around the corner in the alleyway. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Supper was pease porridge and yesterday’s bread, and that caused muttering amongst the common men as well; above the salt, the lords and knights were seen to be eating ham. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Amos Diggory muttered again, now reddening behind his scrubby brown beard. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“What kind of women do they sew these pants for?” she mutters. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Aunty Ifeoma stopped to pluck at some browned leaves in the garden as we walked to the car, muttering that the harmattan was killing her plants. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Odysseus caught her hand and muttered, “Dear nurse, you know. But not a word to another soul.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Doggone,” he muttered when he saw the green door of the house open. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I bent to pick up a piece of charred shingle and muttered a binding under my breath. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I swear, Pudding’s the worst,” Pork Chop muttered, shaking his head at the squalling baby. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, as she found herself jostled by their thick, sweat- smelling bodies, as she heard their muttered angry comments and their shouts, she found herself both frightened and annoyed. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Four days later take the side you despise,” Tally muttered. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“N-n-no more boats,” the harpy muttered to herself, picking furiously at her feathers. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Almost...got...it,” Bongo muttered between her clenched beak. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I knocked on the door while she muttered a slew of words under her breath: Give me strength ... The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think all of us feel like that,” I mutter. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He looked around, eyes wide with confusion, muttering in a language I didn't understand. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, good morning to you, too,” I mutter, climbing out of my nest of blankets. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Leon had lowered his voice and was muttering quickly into the cupped receiver. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I mutter, leaning down to pick up the papers. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Then she bustled around the room, muttering, sweeping the windowsill with her short-handled broom, straightening the bags of rice and flour and sugar on her shelves. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

And I was doing this one Saturday morning early toward the end of April—the 26th, to be exact—when I began hearing from a long way away a heavy muttering noise. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She kept talking, muttering about Mexico, throwing her Mata Hari disguise on the beat-up sofa. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said that Bill had often muttered names in his feverish sleep, but she had been unable to make them out. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“You think I’m a thug, well I claim it,” I mutter. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He tipped all the ingredients into a mortar and ground them up together, muttering a spell as he did so. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Lorraine muttered, her left hand opening the front door just a crack. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Out in the corridor, Flatnose was still muttering angrily to himself. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Her mom paced back and forth, punching redial on the handset, muttering under her breath, how could you forget your only daughter’s birthday? Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He slumped down near the side of the path, muttering to himself and putting more snowballs together until he had a big pile. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Granny muttered under her breath and snapped at the children. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

A tiny wizard in a nightcap at the rear of the bus muttered, “Not now, thanks, I’m pickling some slugs” and rolled over in his sleep. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Then he sat for a while, muttering to the bees in each hive. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps in a worn coat and a knitted hat like a tea cosy, sitting on a curb, with two plastic bags filled with her only possessions, muttering to herself. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

His muttered "My lord" struck Tyrion as a tad grudging, but he opened the door nonetheless. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“We had to shoot so many,” Uriah mutters, squeezing my arm. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He muttered, “Ow,” and burst into a cloud of green flame, which I figured was going to make Babycakes pretty upset. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“At least someone wants to talk to me,” I mutter. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

She kept muttering: “Seven hundred and fifty miles per hour. Eight hundred. Eight hundred and three. Fast. Very fast.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

"I do wish we were safely past it," muttered Shasta to Hwin. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Dieter muttered, throwing down his fork and standing up to clear his tray. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He mutters now as we walk quickly to the other end of the graveyard. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The official muttered under his breath and finally seemed to make up his mind. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“Good for you,” he mutters in Chinese as I read my translation of his words. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

‘Dreams about giants,’ he muttered to himself as he searched the labels. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll pass it along,” he muttered as a fluffy white tail dashed away. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Nothing, nothing,” he muttered, then ran forward to get into Lucky’s car, which had just pulled up. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Fiver muttered in his ear, “Oh, Hazel, they’ve come to—” but broke off short. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I know, I know," I mutter, measuring tea into the saucepan. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

‘Knives and forks and spoons,’ Mr Tibbs was heard to mutter. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

At half past, he heard Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia conversing in terse mutters in the living room. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Finally, muttering curses under his breath, the young man stormed away. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

His head on its long neck was ever turning this way and that, while he sniffed and muttered all the time to himself. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“Give her a minute to figure out what we sent her,” Joe muttered. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He didn’t turn around but continued on his knees, digging out nails with the hammer’s claw, muttering the words to his favorite chachachá. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Then under his breath he muttered, “And a child.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Lonely as hell,’ he muttered, and was quiet. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Go talk to the Demons tonight,” he mutters to me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Ron ran to pick up Hedwig, who was causing such a scene that there was a lot of muttering about cruelty to animals from the surrounding crowd. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“Holy Gods,” one of her guards muttered as they left behind the throng at the crime scene. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He muttered under his breath as he sorted through them, until he found the one that fit the door to the Kingslayer's cell. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She’d overslept and now she was hurrying to get into her work outfit and muttering under her breath. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“It was stupid, thinking it was him,” he muttered. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Huffed, rolled his wrist, and muttered, "Go 'head, John John." Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

When at last we pulled apart, he muttered: “I’m really sorry, Kath.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s getting worse,” Harry muttered, biting off the Frog’s head. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He muttered under his breath as he read. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Kino moved sluggishly, arms and legs stirred like those of a crushed bug, and a thick muttering came from his mouth. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Granny shook her head mournfully and muttered, “Lord, hear this foolish child.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We better hope we see something familiar,” he muttered. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The Dothraki eyed the sword as he passed; Dany heard curses and threats and angry muttering rising all around her, like a tide. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The professor spent every lecture muttering inaudibly as he paced in front of the chalkboard. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Every now and then she muttered things like “don’t know what you were thinking of,” and “never would have believed it.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, well, well,” muttered a familiar voice behind him. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Harry went back into the corridor with Madam Pomfrey, who left for the hospital wing, muttering to herself. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Oh, come on,” she mutters, smacking her hands down on the steering wheel. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

"You don't gotta be this far away, fool," she muttered, nudging him forward. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Sovoy walked behind me, clapped me on the shoulder, and muttered, “Luck.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know how you survived,” I muttered, then added more clearly, “I’ll leave some things for cold-cut sandwiches in the fridge, okay? Right on top.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The ravens muttered above his head as he worked, a strangely peaceful noise. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The world around us, ice and rock, ash and snow, fire and dark, trembles and twitches and mutters. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Demigods” Rachel muttered as she threw another dart at the canvas. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Okay, Stalin,” I muttered as I stuffed the coupon back into my pocket. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Chouchou’s grave offense had been to mutter a disparaging comment about the condition of Highway 3, overheard by a soldier not even in uniform. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

The night seemed oddly quiet to her, though she could hear Yoren's muttered snores, the crackle of the fire, even the muffled stirrings of the donkeys. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

After a few moments he muttered to Harry, “Did you see he’s grown a stupid little beard?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The following week, the school board met to decide on the model for the new junior high school—which was probably why Mr. Kowalski had been spending all his time muttering “classical, classical, classical.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Seems funny to me,” he muttered, scarcely knowing what he was saying, “that she didn’t think something.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

To my surprise Old Granny made no comment, beyond smiling reassuringly when I muttered guiltily that our needs at home were growing. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leo muttered some unflattering comments about numina, but he turned the wheel. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Good luck,” Ron muttered, climbing into the room as Harry crept out past him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He tossed the panda carcass aside, muttered a few words over the fluff, and turned with a big smile on his face. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Mrs. Bessermann was always muttering about bread and cheese,” he says. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Max mutters out of the corner of her mouth. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“It still sounds like nonsense,” Constance muttered, “and now I’m hungry.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She muttered a quiet blessing and tucked a lock of hair into my cap. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes—‘after life’s fitful fever they sleep well,’” I muttered. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I hate this stupid lock,” she mutters, giving it a savage yank. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Thanks,” Frank muttered, slipping his firewood into his coat. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to hit you very hard,” Horace muttered. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“So we send in the gold,” muttered Root, thinking aloud. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Or not,” I mutter, since she’s always pretty much rabid, but I don’t stop him, because I’d be angry myself if I was excluded from a plan at this point. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Not sure I would’ve put it that way,” Jason muttered, “but yeah.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

As they flew over the dark, twisting lane down which they had walked earlier, Harry heard, over the whistling of the night air in his ears, Dumbledore muttering in some strange language again. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Sorry,” I muttered, but when I turned to meet the eyes beneath the hood, I froze. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Oh, right!” said Hermione, and she whipped out her wand, waved it, muttered something, and sent a jet of the same bluebell flames she had used on Snape at the plant. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

And I muttered to myself in the darkness, Guess what, Mom? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The snake girl harrumphed and muttered something, and the python slunk away to coil around her neck again. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He paused, and when Rishi muttered a faint “thanks,” he powered forward. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, right,” the kid muttered from behind the mesh partition. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She listened to the crickets while watching her son play, muttering his lines to himself as he went in a circle around the field. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Donovan’s muttered curses rose into intelligibility as he sprang to his feet, rusty eyebrows drawn low. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Amelia’s mom mutters something profane about drivers not using their turn signals. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“If we were only back on our land,” he muttered. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

"What on earth?" he mutters, as the knights are swallowed, one by one. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He took up his bag, but before he was gone there was a final muttered interview by the front door. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“So new to him,” she muttered, “so old to me; so strange to him, so familiar to me; so melancholy to both of us! Call Estella.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

He would not eat any of their food, but he drank a little water and then crawled about under the bushes, sniffing and muttering. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Hermione went very pink and muttered something about not meaning that she wanted to leave. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Though he had not attempted escape, nor offered violence to his captors, he would ignore their commands oft as not or reply with muttered curses. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The second night was same as the first, filled with moans and muttering, scratching, and the sound of teeth and claw. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

For every two she sent off smiling, one left red-eyed or muttering. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“This fuel is damp,” he muttered from behind the stove. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Chiron fished a golden drachma out of his pouch, tossed it through the mist, and muttered, “O Iris, Goddess of the Rainbow, show us the threat.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“You’re right. I wouldn’t put it past him to have spies,” he muttered. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I drove home slowly, carefully, muttering to myself the whole way. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Here’s a sweet prospect!” muttered Jo, slamming the stove door open, and poking vigorously among the cinders. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the boys stared at the back of her exposed legs, muttering something to the others before chuckling. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I move, too, muttering “Excuse me” to the people in front of me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Even his name is uncool—Pasqual is the name of an old Mexican man who sits on a dusty porch muttering about his lost chickens. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He hurried over to Ron, bent down, tapped Ron’s leg with his wand, and muttered, “Ferula. ” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

For every man who tried to rub her head, there were three who muttered maledictions under their breath when she went by. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He began to cough and mutter and I realized that he was either drunk or sick. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He snorted in his sleep, muttered something about vegetables, and turned his head. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Woolf would slip downstairs, wake himself with a tall Coca-Cola spiked with a couple of drops of ammonia, blot his lips, mutter, “Let’s go get this money and go home,” and stride into battle. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat down on his bed and muttered a distracted, “Come in.” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

“What was all that about?” he muttered to Harry. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Seeing that no answer was coming from Palmer, his mother gave up and walked off muttering, “Doesn’t have the good sense he was born with.” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Setting dementors around a school,” she muttered, pushing back Harry’s hair and feeling his forehead. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Come to the crossroads, to the crossroads come,” he muttered. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I saw him muttering to himself but heard him say, “Right, boss.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"M'lords," he muttered as the goose honked and pecked at his fingers. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“She used to keep the house so clean,” Mr. Pignati muttered, lowering his head. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

"They don’t," she muttered, kicking at a rock as she stalked off. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Harry — thanks,” George muttered, while Fred nodded fervently at his side. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I thought we weren’t starting crystal balls until next term,” Ron muttered, casting a wary eye around for Professor Trelawney, in case she was lurking nearby. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I gotta practice,” I muttered, and ran back to finish my last hundred shots. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Ten feet higher and as far as they could see the muttering wall advanced before the braced-up waters like a road crusher on a cosmic scale. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Whenever he was ill with the fever, or once when he fell from a tree, his mother would rub his body with okwuma, all the while muttering, “We shall defeat them, they will not win.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

"I didn't say it half so well as that," muttered the mare. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

‘There’s more behind this than sun and warm air,’ he muttered to himself. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I know,” Hazel muttered to the weasel. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“The black spot,” she muttered, pointing a trembling finger at his hands. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He wanders away from the group, muttering something about fingers and toes. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

She brings me lemon balm tea to settle my nerves and starts cleaning up the mess, breathing hard with effort and fear, muttering about how she knew it, that thieves are lurking around every comer. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to see him,” I muttered. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Do a bit for you," muttered Jack, "before I have a bathe." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I guess I was muttering to myself—too audibly. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“If it’s not a wave, then it’s a signal!” he muttered to Boots. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Aside from the possibility of being arrested for indecent exposure every time they crossed their legs or stood in a breeze,” Dad muttered, "I’d think they’d die of pneumonia.” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry,” he muttered, pulling his hand back immediately. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He looked round to his brothers and cousins for support, and several of them muttered agreement. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The people around them were milling about and muttering, clearly impatient for the trial to start again, so Chess hoped the kids’ movements wouldn’t stand out too much. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Madmen loose in the world,” his father muttered, standing there with his hand on the phone. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

To which Mr Cardinal muttered with irritation: 'Yes, yes, you have my word.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

As I took off my sweats and my mom started in on my sneakers with some paper towels and a can of carpet cleaner, I muttered, Now you tell me. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t fall, don’t fall,” I hear her muttering. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

"A dream," he muttered, "that was all it was. It meant nothing." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Sister morons,” he muttered, and went back to the sofa. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“From holding the sky,” Thalia muttered, as if she’d read my mind. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

An old servant would mutter, “At last, a damsel worthy of our prince.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

She pointed to the closed-up convenience store on top of the nearest hill and muttered something about food. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Mormont’s raven muttered his annoyance as the door opened beneath him, heralding the return of Dolorous Edd with a flagon of wine and a plate of eggs and sausages. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Her silken ruffles rustled and muttered about her. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Ryan muttered to Brad, “Just because you get to come to school in a tow truck you think you’re so big.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

He muttered to himself, Have to get away. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mo had only just sat up, wearily, and Elinor was rubbing her aching back and muttering crossly when they heard the footsteps. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Charlie grinned and went below, still muttering his words with the misplaced accent. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit in the bathtub, scraping away at my calves, which I wish were thicker, bulgier, like the calves of cheerleaders, while my brother mutters outside. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I muttered something that she pretended to ignore. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked up at my father who was still muttering to himself. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Something was wrong with Luke,” Annabeth muttered, poking at the fire with her knife. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Walter and I take turns muttering placating things about family and forgiveness, but we both have misgivings. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Oliver Wood was crouched over a model of a Quidditch field in the corner, prodding little figures across it with his wand and muttering to himself. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Mona muttered, prodding at her with the end of her staff. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The interrogator muttered something to himself then said, “Come, let’s see your pass.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the young soldier only stood in the shallow grave and began to dig hurriedly, throwing out the dirt while talking in muttering tones to himself, and giving Jonathan angry looks. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

I hear him mutter somethin to Mr. sitting on the porch. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Towards morning she muttered, “Lawd, you know mah heart. Ah done de best Ah could do. De rest is left to you.” Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

But O-lan, giving her suck, muttered, “Eat, poor fool—eat, while there is yet that which can be eaten.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“Next time,” she muttered to the dark room, “just let me fight a monster. Much easier.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Laughter muttered back and forth across the hall. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But in fact, the King was barely hanging on, could only rarely tell day from night, and basically spent his time in muttering. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“It felt like it was going right into my brain,” she muttered with an embarrassed smile. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“What are the fools up to?” he muttered. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would not suffer this helpless waiting, this sitting trapped on a little island muttering useless spells of lock and ward. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

But before she makes it out the door she mutters, “Do you have to remind me of that fact every day of my life?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“I don’t like being in the dark about this,” he muttered. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m too old for this mess,” she mutters. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

The ghosts muttered and complained, until the pater got them under control with a taxicab whistle. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

A tiny voice whispered in her head, a low voice, muttering. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“What a pity we haven’t got about thirty or forty extra-long ladders that we could tie together to reach the roof,” muttered Constance. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He kept pacing the deck with tears in his eyes, pulling at his goatee and slapping the side of his head, muttering, “I should have saved them! I should have blown up more stuff!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Most foolish, ” muttered Gregory as he lifted the cover off the plate, “too foolish to be borne, a world without soup.” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

“She didn’t want to win a homework pass. She wanted to make sure I didn’t, and she wanted to rub it in at the same time,” James muttered. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“It wasn’t his people,” Kin muttered, and then said, “It was, but not his specifically. Different village. Doesn’t matter.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

My mother muttered something to herself and left to continue preparing breakfast. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anya pulled his reins to slow him and muttered, “We should just cut all the trees down, right? Make a path for ourselves.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He rolled off his cot and muttered words I knew I could go to hell just for hearing. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ron rolled his eyes and muttered to Harry and Hermione, “He’s been trying to get us to ask what that event is ever since he started work. Probably an exhibition of thick-bottomed cauldrons.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Just someone who I had a little disagreement with,” Mr. Whitby muttered. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I muttered after both of us had sat in silence for a while. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we move out of hearing, Johanna mutters, “I think winning the Games was easier.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He scratched his head and muttered strangely as he passed. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Aron closes his eyes and mutters, "My God...my God...why have you forsaken us?" The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

She kept muttering to herself, counting out yards of silk and calculating the number of strands her project would require. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Because they have spent ten years building that stadium. The money has gone into peoples’ pockets,” Amaka muttered. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Baba mutters, Get on with it, under his breath. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

At the same time, the Team Freeze power-up vanishes from the glass jar on the pedestal, and the other avatars start to wander off, muttering. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Under her breath Juana repeated an ancient magic to guard against such evil, and on top of that she muttered a Hail Mary between clenched teeth. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Daddy fumbles for his keys and sticks several in the lock while muttering, “Please, God. Please.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The Toad stomped out of the Shack, muttering under his breath the whole way. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“It s nought but a bird,” he muttered. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He mutters under his breath: Turkish words I don’t understand, but his feelings are clear. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“When you become old, they treat you like a child,” he muttered. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I should’ve gone out with the children more,” the ghost muttered to himself. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Thank the gods it’s just us going after this thing,” she muttered. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

But Nazario didn’t mutter a curse under his breath, he just closed his eyes and sighed. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“If he’s paralyzed from the neck down, he can’t go to the prom, either,” I muttered, refining my plan. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Yes. And quite a few creeps have turned up,” Alex muttered. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“It’s fine,” he muttered as he passed me. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He stood staring at the tree, muttering soundlessly at it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Sorry,” Amaka muttered, pouring cold water from a plastic bottle into a glass. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

A small crowd of onlookers had gathered again, and they muttered among themselves, but I ignored the mounting tension. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“I suppose we’re partly to blame for this whole situation,” she muttered. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

When Hazel praised him, he muttered something about “the first time any rabbit’s done this and don’t tell the blackbirds.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t care what my guidance counselor used to say,” she mutters. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The words were nothing more than mutters and mumbles and strange hissing sounds, but the man answered him. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Goodbye, Miss Phelan. I hope you make the deadline,” she says, but before she hangs up, she mutters, “and for God’s sake, you’re a twenty-four-year-old educated woman. Go get an apartment.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“You can say that again,” Gum Baby muttered. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Just enough for the neck,” muttered the mouse. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Beneath her breath, she muttered a blessing ritual meant to keep a body in its grave. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Jesus,” she mutters, like calling his name will calm her down. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m sick over the whole thing,” Mama muttered. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

"The lad's got no army but them gold cloaks, and he's ruled by a eunuch, a dwarf, and a woman," she heard a lordling mutter in his cups. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I remember remembering,'’ she muttered, sitting down with a heavy sigh; she pulled her legs up to wrap her arms around her knees. The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z

The Dothraki began to mutter fearfully that the comet had led them to some hell. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Mama Ya-Ya bites her lip, shakes her head, muttering, “How can it be mandatory if I don’t have a way to go?” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Sticky notes protrude from the book’s pages, and she closes it once in a while to mutter things to herself before checking the book again. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“Grandma’s something with snakes. You should have seen—” “Okay, okay,” I muttered. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Did I?” muttered Harry, tugging at the chains binding her arms. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

They could hear the scornful whispers and muttering and feel the stares. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“I wonder,” Lupe muttered, “how much who is paying for pepper? Now what? Do we—wait him out again?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry, who hadn’t had any breakfast, leapt to his feet, but Ron’s ears went pink again and he muttered that he’d brought sandwiches. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Donovan looked after him as he left and muttered a short, expressive phrase at his back. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay,” I mutter, without really meaning it. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I kind of muttered, “Yeah, I guess, I was out there working.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you, Momma,” I muttered as we crawled into a rowboat. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have a mind to gang home,” he muttered. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Woke up with the worst headache ever, bleeding, and he was still there, muttering to himself.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I could hear her muttering about me all the way to the end of the driveway: Uuugggghhh! Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some would sleep while the shelling, futile, echoed along the summer roads; some would wind stalks of grass around their fingers; some would mutter to friends. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

After a moment, I hear my friend mutter something under her breath. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Get out of my face,” Cole muttered, stopping less than fifty feet away. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“The heart swells at the magnificence,” Buttercup’s father muttered very loudly. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Hhhhmmph. Little sister,” my mom mutters under her breath and keeps stirring. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Hours later, the soldier came round from his anesthetic and muttered the student nurse’s name while the surgical ward sister was standing close by. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“C’mon,” Harry muttered to Hermione, and they sped past, though not before they had heard Lavender say, “Why didn’t you tell me you were getting out today? And why was she with you?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He talked about the horses, about Gladiola and Pippin and Thunder, ignoring the way Finn rolled his eyes and sighed and muttered under his breath. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Then she saw a movement in the people near, and a mutter came, and yells. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Wasn’t even sitting in the gun turret,” she muttered. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Katherine stays put, flipping pages and muttering to herself about my inability to appreciate good fashion. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“You must understand how it works,” Bob muttered. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Of course it isn’t,” Maya muttered, because that was the stupidest thing she’d heard in a while. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Tactless!” she muttered, groping in her robes for a handkerchief. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

‘I wish I had taken Elrond’s advice,’ muttered Pippin to Sam. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

When she heard everyone say "Ameyn," she muttered along with them. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He heard the wizard sigh, and mutter: ‘When will Faramir return?’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Some people closed their eyes and muttered prayers. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

As he went carefully to bed, Werfel heard muttering in the elf’s room again, just like earlier. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Normally, I would have run in the opposite direction, but the curses he was yelling were ones I was muttering under my breath against Doña Charito. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

We’ve been driving around for almost an hour, and Mama keeps making weird turns, swerving, and muttering to herself. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“The staff is here to help,” he muttered. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“There’s no way to tell what happened,” Quentin muttered, bringing in a handful of fragments. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The crowd muttered, some folks craning their necks to see. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took several more minutes of reassurance by Mrs. Frisby before the shrew grudgingly moved aside, still muttering warnings. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

That’s when I began to notice Mother moving around the house, her hand resting lightly on various objects as she muttered to herself, her fingers flexing in a steady rhythm. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Despite her muttering, she maintained her rigid dignity, her unchanged bun, her starched blouse, and the ring of keys that hung from her waist. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I got to make my pieces,” she muttered. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I fail to see how that is at all relevant,” the trickster god muttered, but he didn’t move. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She threw it back in and muttered, “God take power from the devil.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He muttered more congratulations before he sat with Uncle Mbaezi on the veranda, with a bucket of sugarcane in front of them. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The sheriff muttered, “Welcome, ball fans, to the World Series of Borracheras.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll be glad when I get well,” she muttered as she paused on a step. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Slughorn’s office,” said Harry, leading her up the marble staircase away from all the staring and muttering. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

There was stunned silence from my brothers, followed by a rising swell of muttering and hissing. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I hear mutters that lift into outraged cries. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He muttered something about Hazel being too embleer clever by half, cuffed Hawkbit off a sow thistle he was nibbling and led his five rabbits over the bank into the field. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, that’s better. They went down the marble staircase. All they needed now was a Slytherin that they could follow to the Slytherin common room, but there was nobody around. “Any ideas?” muttered Harry. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“I never could stand wet cuffs,” he muttered. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I shake my head and mutter to myself to remember to breathe. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“Crazy girl,” Haymitch mutters as we follow my mother into the kitchen. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s in the tournament rules. “I was supposed to work out how to get past the dragon on my own too,” Harry muttered, so only Hermione could hear him, and she grinned rather guiltily. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Murder and a big art book—Never something,” he muttered to Petra when he returned. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

In the roar of the crowd, Lavinia muttered, “That was a perfect opportunity. Why didn’t your boy kill him?” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Excellent, Harry,” Lupin muttered as Harry climbed out of the trunk, grinning. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“That wine is poisoned,” she muttered between clenched teeth. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The second indignity was hearing Marcus ask who it was three times and then pause, as if he were actually considering whether to accept the charges, before muttering a weary yes. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I think I heard Britt-Marie mutter something about being “appalled by the tacky linoleum they used to call flooring.” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

For ten minutes or so Ron tapped and muttered, Hermione turned the pages of her book, and Harry continued to practice with the blackthorn wand. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He just keeps shaking his head and muttering the word “ruined” over and over. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

“Naw,” I muttered, throwing a pebble down off the front of the tomb. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

“That sounds just like something that fool boy would say,” Cook muttered, before sighing. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

So it went the first time I saw a Muslim pray—quick, necessary, physical, muttered, striking. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“A good thing Hab taught me that boys don’t blubber,” he muttered. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncharacteristically I did feel sorry for him and found myself saying ameen out loud after a particularly long prayer he muttered. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He took a step forward, intending to give the boy a reassuring pat on the shoulder or mutter some word of apology. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

High John muttered something and John Henry frowned. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

When I ended he shook his head in disbelief and muttered a curse in German. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“As if a morsel of vegetable would kill you,” she muttered. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“If there were a side gate—” he muttered, and she nodded after a little thought, as though she did not understand too quickly what he said. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

We must have made a strange procession, my mother leading the group with her swift, proud walk, Deborah and Theresa skipping around her, my father muttering and dragging behind, and finally Ultima and myself. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Gog's bread," I muttered, not knowing whether to be pleased or alarmed. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Ummmm,” Lorraine muttered as she stuffed a few into her mouth. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, if you’re right, then I wish she really were still there,” muttered Fenoglio, pulling the blanket up over her shoulders again with a sigh. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I have a bad feeling about this,” Art3mis muttered into her headset. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He muttered a few words I didn’t catch and abruptly asked if he could embrace me. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Then Horace muttered, “Oh, no,” and I followed his gaze upward, to a dark stain discoloring a roughly circular patch of ceiling. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“But keep your opinions to yourself,” he muttered suddenly. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Newman walks away, muttering “Delicious” as she eats her ice cream. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

By the clicking of heels in the background and muttered swearing, she’s running somewhere. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“See, Alter, he’s almost as rude as you are,” Frankie muttered under his breath as he helped me to my feet. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Dandelion muttered, “Leave the warren, Frithrah!” while Blackberry twitched his ears and looked very intently, first at Bigwig and then at Hazel. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That really irritates me,” Liyana muttered, “that he does one little thing and you act so grateful. I do things every day!” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe I am,” I muttered, angry that I was sitting beside a human being to whom I could not talk, angry with myself for coming to her, hating my wild and restless loneliness. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I muttered out the side of my mouth. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

When the car shuddered without starting, she muttered, “Blessed Mother, please not now,” and tried again. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“No,” Percy muttered, light dawning in his eyes. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Already a couple of Scots had turned and were muttering to each other. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Maybe a girl would approach, and I’d have to mutter an excuse, drift away, and wait in dread for the long walk back, when Haskel and Dovid would tease me mercilessly. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The team started on, no less communicative than the two figures in the wagon, and the old man was left muttering angrily at his gate. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So he came,” the chairman of the bank muttered. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

She muttered something about Ma Charles and said, “Don’t you feel this cold in the air?” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Swanky,” Nailer muttered, but Lucky Girl didn’t respond. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“If you say so,” she muttered sleepily, without opening her eyes, and the picture swung forward to admit him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Then Wang Lung muttered into his pipe, “Well, and the land is mine and you have never put your hand to it.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“Why couldn’t she stay here? She’d be just as miserable,” he muttered. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“People can only see the screen,” Chess muttered. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I heard him mutter a prayer under his breath—he always said a prayer when his son left the house. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The slovenly, wide-hipped lady who always wore a black bonnet and muttered to herself. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Hagrid muttered, moving aside slightly, while most of the others swarmed around the baby unicorns. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

But when I started down the side of the pool, she followed me, muttering about how boys always messed things up. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

She remembered him muttering the words “a loan,” or had it been “alone”? Either one was spooky. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

The Council guy, Silenus, turned to his colleagues and muttered something. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

‘It was moving fast then,’ muttered Aragorn, ‘and not with the wind.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then, as he reached his objective, he pushed these thoughts away, as a man apologizes to his guests, and leaves them, muttering something about a prior engagement. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“If you want to be her friend,” he muttered, “go right ahead. Get in trouble. See if I care. But you can’t make me be friends with her.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

A teacher hugs him and mutters, “Thank God, Enrique’s out of here.” Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Whack,” one of the guys muttered, but Greg and a couple of others peeled away from the group. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

By the time we get in there, she’s got the TV on, punching buttons, muttering, “Channel Ten...Channel Ten...” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Then, still devoting most of my mind to the protection of my candle, I muttered a binding between my candle and his. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“No, no, no,” Anya muttered as she searched for an opening in the canvas. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Her jaw tightened, and she turned back to her brochures, muttering, "I came to New York to see New York and isn't nobody going to stop me." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He took the flashlight, muttered something, and moved down to the far end of the hootch. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They never do with you,” Mama mutters under her breath. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

“We've given our word not to tell anyone about it,” Prosper muttered, nervously tugging at the filthy cloth that was holding up his arm. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at the clock and groggily muttered, “It’s seven thirty-six.’ Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Above Finn, somebody muttered something about being hungry. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

"District Twelve. Where you can starve to death in safety," I mutter. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He muttered under his breath—the glaze of one piece was not as fine as it could have been, he should have made one more duck. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“Cool,” muttered Harry, sparing the watch a glance before peering more closely at the map. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“What a mess,” I heard him mutter to himself, trying to shake his pant leg loose of a blackberry vine that had meandered onto the walkway. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s just something in me that doesn’t trust a cat,” he muttered. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Sorry,” he muttered, wincing at how stupid it sounded. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The circle of men disperses, muttering disappointment; they were promised a fight. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, no, no...” he muttered as he ran to her side. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The ravens were the thickest here, muttering to one another in the murderers’ secret tongue. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I blushed and muttered a good-bye, then hightailed it out of there. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He stretched out a hand that was as badly scarred as his face, and Dumbledore shook it, muttering words Harry couldn’t hear. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

"Pots is gone, no sign o' any coin laid by," Yoren muttered when they returned. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

A look passed between the men, and a few muttered under their breath. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Why does a temple even have a stable?” she muttered. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“I know what that is, too,” he muttered, ‘‘when you tumble in with your clothes on. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hermione cast the merrily dancing flames a dark look, and Harry distinctly heard her mutter “Slave labor,” before bidding them good night and disappearing through the doorway to the girls’ dormitory. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

But I did hear the lispings, the whispers, the mutters which some day, under one stimulus or another, will surely grow into open revolt unless the conditions which produce Bigger Thomases are changed. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

With many bitter sidelong looks and some sullen muttering, the class opened their books. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“This is why I oversee the girls and not the boys,” she muttered. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

A star in the daytime, maybe, or the sun to shout, or even a mutter of thunder. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

"But I'm only ever gonna get to drive the Impala," Park muttered into the dash, "and it's an automatic." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

In response to my homemaking history, he mutters only, “That doesn’t bother me,” and hands me the personality test. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the professional photographers, seeing him load a flash gun, would blanch, mutter, and hasten from the room. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Half a sticky mile from here to the gate!’ muttered Pippin. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The other Romans muttered, glaring at their visitors. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He smiled sadly, watching her walk off, and muttered, “Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

‘The Cracks of Doom,’ he muttered, the old name rising to his mind. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Oh, that is nothing yet,” I muttered within. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He slips between the tables and the people like he’s more liquid than solid, and I stumble after him, muttering apologies as I push people aside. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to kill them both,” he muttered over and over, like a litany. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry,” she muttered into his hair, “I won’t let them cut off your foot.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

They pressed their heads tenderly against his bosom, muttering endearing and melodramatic lovey-doveys, even as they also anxiously listened to see if the old ticker really was on its last legs. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brief prayers were muttered for Martin’s soul, and then people began trading theories. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He muttered, “Looking for daggone doll footprints in the moonlight. No sense in that.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Of course,” Sirius muttered, pacing up and down, “of course, he’d want to pin it on anyone but his own elf . . . and then he sacked her?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“How generous!” was all she had muttered when Cockerell had bolted the door after them. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

When we stopped in front of the synagogue where my father and I prayed, he muttered his “Good night,” turned, and walked slowly away. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

In fact, she had actually started to mutter things at me every now and then. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“I’m glad of it!” muttered Jo, tying on her hat with a jerk. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My brooch, and mine alone,” he muttered, and followed it with a barked, “Just coming, Tom!” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“I can’t believe how much this place has grown,” Hazel muttered. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Come in, Pip,” Miss Havisham continued to mutter, without looking round or up; “come in, Pip, how do you do, Pip? so you kiss my hand as if I were a queen, eh?—Well?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

And when we went back downstairs Javier complimented Mabel's new outfit and kissed her on the forehead while she muttered "whatever" and rolled her eyes. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, you look so dangerous,” Thomas muttered, but he turned his attention to Newt and Minho. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Aurora and I go with our bonds,” muttered Ares. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Nothing,” he muttered, not quite meeting my eyes. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“A hairbrush is not a gun,” I mutter. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

A pause ... and then the sound of an impact, a short, explosive breath, and a muttered word in a gruff, low voice. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

"Keep moving, cousin," I mutter under my breath as Tess stops to laugh at some young gambler's joke. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“Missing Link,” he mutters as he gets to his feet. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Then I concentrated, muttered another binding, and held the oak twig above the flame. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She could hear the muttering, feel the eyes upon her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He rose and dressed in darkness, as Mormont’s raven muttered across the room. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Look, that’s not an issue either,” I finally muttered; my voice was as unconvincing as it always was when I lied. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Percy muttered vaguely about needing a new quill. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

And then I saw the black car, a weathered Ford, parked in Charlie’s driveway — and heard Edward mutter something unintelligible in a low, harsh voice. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

But it came muttering and grumbling onward like a tired mammoth just the same. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

With his hands shoved in his hoodie pocket and eyes still on the floor, he muttered, “I forgot I have to do something,” before turning away and getting swallowed by the crowd. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

"I lost both my knives," I mutter, so that the man doesn't hear me. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Two minutes later, I heard Spoon mutter, “Oh. My. God.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Her shoulder looked unnaturally bent, but she muttered, “Fine. I’m fine.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Gatsby examined the parted string, muttered "Hum!" in an interested way, and tossed the book on a chair. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Gum Baby,” I muttered, “maybe you can, I don’t know, not harass our captors?” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

"Lord have mercy," Momly muttered under her breath, shaking her head slightly. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Cora heard her going about her duties, sighing to herself and muttering invectives toward her absent employers. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I told Baba about it later that night, but he just nodded, muttered, “Good.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I wasn’t even aiming for that one,” I mutter. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“It is spring and I do not need this,” he muttered. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

"Excellent! An army could march up now and he wouldn't hear it!" muttered Dustfinger. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

A wave of relief washed over him, and the alchemist muttered some words that the boy didn’t understand. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Immediately Matthias scrambled about on all fours, hastily trying to stuff nuts back into the basket as he muttered clumsy apologies, avoiding the stern gaze of his elder. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Frodo thought he could hear the voice of Gandalf above, muttering words that ran down the sloping roof with a sighing echo. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“They are so used to me that they know my schedule,” he muttered. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looked like a pretty good setup, but Chiron muttered next to me, “It isn’t enough.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I’ll not forget all your help, wretched cat,” I muttered as I knelt in the squash patch. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Blue Navy don’t make killers like that,” Reed muttered. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“So that becomes a w, then an e, then...,” she muttered. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“One shall perish by a parent’s hand,” she muttered. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“One basketball to rule them all,” Leo muttered. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Tally muttered, fingering the tiny scar on her right palm. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“He wanted me to bring him back,” Harry muttered — it seemed important to explain this. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

That got a lot of muttered “Oh my god,” and “Idiot.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Aunty Ifeoma muttered to us all to remain seated, not to say a word, before she followed the men into the rooms. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you,” Shawna muttered, and her head drooped as she left the classroom. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Crane-man muttered grumpily to himself and fished around in his waist pouch for the grubby string he had used to measure Tree-ear’s feet. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

All about them was a hum of whispers and muttering. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The sleeper muttered in his sleep as I jostled him, and he pushed my hand back down without even waking. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“About as long as it’ll take for you to figure out my name,” I muttered. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He shook his head and muttered something unintelligible. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

An American had muttered something which a guard did not like. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Lots of things we didn’t know,” mutters Jay. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Oh, great,” I mutter as I make a cup with my hands and run water into it, then rinse the tooth powder out of my mouth. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

But to my surprise, no one mutters in dissent and no one laughs. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“My last stab at acceptance in Caldwell,” he muttered. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the back of the auditorium, Riccio muttered something in his sleep. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

As if to confirm my opinion, Denna scowled fiercely and squirmed away from the light, muttering something indistinct and decidedly unlady like. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“This is all very hard to believe,” she muttered as we hurried down the path toward the fish pier. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Thank you,” he muttered, holding his hand against his shirt to staunch the blood. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

His eyes are squinting and his lips move as if to mutter something, but he decides against it and purses his lips shut. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He was a pharmacist, for heaven’s sake," she muttered, "not a threat to anyone.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

He was looking all over the place, turning around, peering into the darkness of the entryway, muttering incoherently, and then he started searching the street again with his little red eyes. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

The guards carried carbines and rifles with which they shoved and jolted the crowd of muttering patients back. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Stuff and bother,” Luna muttered, carefully taking another step. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Nigel took bends sharply and muttered about how people drove these days. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

His glare is icy and unnerving, and he mutters something under his breath. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He looked vacant, not like a person but a person-shaped mound of flesh, and whatever had made him Harison, whatever had made him cringe and mutter and laugh, was gone. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Master squatted beside him and began to search through the charred paper, muttering, “My research papers are all here, nekene nke, this is the one on my rank tests for signal detection....” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The senators shifted and muttered as Frank returned to his seat. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

‘That won’t do! Never thought it would show like that!’ he muttered, and he started to hurry back. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

After a while Gollum got up and crept forward again, muttering and shaking. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

At last she stopped before the fire, and said, after muttering and looking at it some seconds,— Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

"The gods give with one hand and take with the other," he muttered under his breath when Varys told him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

At the entrance gate, Dad bought our tickets, muttering about the idiocy of paying money to look at animals, and led us down the walk. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her bladder felt painfully, solidly full, as though it would burst and release not urine but the garbled prayers she was muttering. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

All he could hear of the Population Police and Jen’s father were mutterings. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

She scolded, muttered, and shook her whiskers at everyone, including her famous nephew. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They all hissed and muttered curses about Yankees. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Again the boy behind Reynie snickered, this time muttering: “What makes him so sure he’ll be taking that test? She hasn’t even called the names yet!” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Clarisse, who had been named the baby’s godmother, trailed behind the coach like a bodyguard and occasionally muttered, ‘All right, all right. Give the kid some space.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

And then he rushes away, muttering something about checking on the announcements. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The sound was getting louder, a muttering, evil voice from far, far below us. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

As she gave the knot a jerk the change clattered to the floor and rolled toward Blount, who stood muttering to himself. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was almost dusk, the wind had dropped, and I saw old men squatting in the dirt, Papa and some of his cronies, muttering and smoking their cigarettes. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw a grim smile contort Mr. Rochester’s lips, and he muttered— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

She muttered while she worked, never resting, only pausing from time to time to hike up the waist of her wraparound pagne underneath her wool sweater. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wish I could go with you,” he muttered. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Stupid trees,” Tally muttered, gritting her teeth as she plunged the blade down again. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

"Who is this on my balcony?" she muttered. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

I mutter a curse under my breath and stand up. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mostly he fusses with piles of clothes the way he usually does, muttering under his breath, and glancing up at the clock. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Harry tapped the map with his wand, muttered, “Mischief managed,” though it hadn’t been, and got dressed, thinking hard. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“The widow should have put us on a galley,” he muttered sourly. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The Times ’ Handler, beside me, was taking notes and muttering under his breath, “Incredible! Incredible!” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I messed up before. I know it,” G’ma mutters at the dark back end of the RV. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Lupin,” muttered Bill, and he ran to the door and wrenched it open. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Then she walked up and down the line of bottles, muttering to herself and pointing at them. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Ned heard muttering from beneath the windows and the far end of the hall. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Excitedly he told Griffith that I had recently muttered to him some odd results of Chargaff’s. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“This is getting crazier and crazier,” he muttered. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope the cat’s all right,” he muttered. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Willie muttered, “They don’t really hate us. They don’t know us. How can they hate us? They mostly scared.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let go, man,” Drew muttered as he gave the ball a jerk. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

As we passed Mr. Barley’s door, he was heard hoarsely muttering within, in a strain that rose and fell like wind, the following Refrain, in which I substitute good wishes for something quite the reverse:— Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Sorry,” he muttered, sitting up and feeling cold sweat trickling down behind his glasses. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Gum Baby was gone a whole year?” she muttered to herself. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“I send you each a piece of prince,” she muttered. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

At last he swallowed hard and muttered, “All of them.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, muttering thanks to the Goddess Kwan Yin, she flung her weary self into the armchair to seek solace in the uninterrupted enjoyment of the last inning. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Stupid dream,” she muttered, as if that would banish the fear that still sparked up every part of her. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

As the afternoon shadows lengthened, the dassies muttered among themselves and eventually clustered at the entrance to their den. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How awful is my life that I’m hoping for a giant fiery toad to come and eat the giant fiery fly?” she muttered. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The Third Trial is days away, and all I've gotten from her are glares and muttered insults. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Apa shifts in his seat and begins to mutter, This is going to take all day. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Jiichan had gone to sit at the table with his head in his hands, muttering to himself. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Downstairs he could hear Dad stomping around, muttering every now and then about the time and topsoil being lost with every raindrop. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Eventually,” muttered Tantalus, staring at Dionysus’s Diet Coke. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“People lost everything,” she mutters, gripping the back of Mary’s chair. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“It be your own people,” muttered Gum Baby. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

They answered him with ayes and nods and muttered words, with “As you command,” and “It will be done,” and “Yes, my lord.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Homework on the first day of school,” he muttered under his breath. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know how many times...,” he muttered, shaking his head. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The satyr trudged off, muttering under his breath. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

People began to mutter and speculate, the volume of their conversations rising again. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Twice he reached over to cover the white boy, who muttered and threw out his arms in sleep. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Did you want the rice to get cold, Eugene?” she muttered. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She muttered something as she climbed into the front. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Ron muttered indistinctly as his mother roused him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He stomped around, brewing up tea in his enormous copper kettle, muttering all the while. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

George muttered to herself as she loaded her math book into her bag. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

My body was thrumming with anxious unspent energy, and I could hear Chubs muttering to himself, as if trying to work through the night’s events. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Go sit down and look pale,” he muttered. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Oh but I am. I am,” the nagual muttered, his lips quivering. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Almost every time she ate I heard her mutter, “I wish I had a pickled egg.” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

This time the muttering was louder and angrier. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

At the mention of Dumbledore’s name, the members of the circle stirred, and some muttered and shook their heads. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Does he mean you?' Jessica asked with insulting astonishment in her voice. “Maybe he needs help with his Biology homework,” I muttered for her benefit. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Nettle was long used to following Turner’s suggestions, for they were generally sound, but as they went up the street the corporal was muttering, “There’s something not right with you, guv’nor.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Afterwards, I didn’t really know what to say, so I kind of wandered out of the silent kitchen, muttering something about needing a shower, and headed downstairs. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She heard the old women of the dosh khaleen muttering to each other as they watched, and wondered what they were saying. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

"Idiots, just because the will said Buy Westing Paper Products," he muttered, hefting a bulky bag from the compartment attached to his bike. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Wish I had a phone so we could look up the instructions,” I mutter. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“Told you the Divergent were crazy,” one of the other armed Dauntless mutters to the woman next to him. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He lay silent for a moment, then muttered. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Then she mutters, “The priciest priceless little Penny ever.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Fascinating,” he muttered, scraping at some petrified guano with the stubby end of his pen. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Percy groaned and muttered something she couldn’t make out. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The girl’s walkie-talkie lay buzzing on the kitchen floor, and Artemis could only watch helplessly as Butler’s sister strode toward the cell door, muttering about carrots. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Come on, you stupid men,” she muttered quietly, affectionately. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she’d shuffle out of the room in her bedroom slippers, muttering about how she didn’t deserve that aggravation. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Run up on me and get done up,” I mutter, and write it. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

They stood about muttering, half with blades to hand, each looking to the others for resolve. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They stand up as we pass, hitching grubby jeans over narrow hips and muttering to each other. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then he glanced over at his sister and muttered, “track of.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watch him whisper something in Ben’s ear; Ben mutters shut up and smacks Dylan on the arm. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“The spot with the X has to mean something,” she muttered, drifting across the room. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The commander gives me an impatient nod and snaps her fingers, then mutters something to the soldier that approaches her. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“Enemies, friends, it all comes to the same in the end,” muttered Orgoch. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

It comes out, and I hear my mother outside, sniffling, and my dad muttering, probably holding her. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Between agonized gasps and groans she muttered that her stomach felt as if it were burning up. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

“Lumos, ” Harry muttered, and a light appeared at the end of his wand, almost dazzling him. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Just enough for the neck,” muttered the mouse. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

“This never would have happened if he’d listened to me in the first place,” Old Cob muttered. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Still muttering irritably, he plucked the torch from its bracket and strode down the court. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“I know I put it in here,” she muttered to herself. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Women came and went, muttering and looking at her strangely. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“But,” he muttered to himself, “I think I can give him even yet a long journey into sorrow before he reaches land.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I'm sorry," I muttered lamely, feeling the total emptiness of my response. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

"It's not that I'm scared, I just ain't ready yet," I muttered, embarrassed. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“I don't want to be here when Esther comes,” Bo muttered, rubbing his nose uneasily. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

‘It looks every step of fifty miles,’ he muttered gloomily, staring at the threatening mountain, ‘and that’ll take a week, if it takes a day, with Mr. Frodo as he is.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Prompted by a nod from his mother, Leon muttered a short suspended grace—For what we are about to receive—to which the scrape of chairs was the amen. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

With more muttered curses, he pulled out the second vessel and threw a final handful of straw on the ground. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“Does your wickedness know no bounds?” he muttered. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Farid muttered something in his sleep, put his hand nervously to the bandage around his head, then turned over. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Then Pa put on his jacket and muttered about having to leave his own house. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Always had a soft spot for children of Ares,” Hedge muttered. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

On the walls the crows muttered round the heads like courtiers round a king. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“We all have to make sacrifices,” Constance muttered miserably. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“She didn’t want to win a homework pass. She wanted to make sure I didn’t, and she wanted to rub it in at the same time,” James muttered. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

But the dementor didn’t move, so Lupin muttered something, and a silvery thing shot out of his wand at it, and it turned around and sort of glided away....” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Papa tossed and turned, muttering in his sleep. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

Sam came to him a moment later and found him chewing something and muttering to himself. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“Huh, it’s going to be as hot as the hell’s furnace, but at least it won’t rain,” he muttered aloud to himself. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Don’t pretend like you don’t know,” I muttered. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He muttered as he went back to serving. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How could you ... How did you— “Such gratitude,” he muttered. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

An old woman near the corner begins to moan and mutter. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Had a Woolly monkey down the end that died from pneumonia too,” the attendant muttered, almost to himself. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

“These people cannot drive,” Papa muttered when we got to the school gates, where cars nosed up to each other, homing. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He began muttering something about “regrettable violence—must really protest,” but at a single glance from Jadis he became speechless. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

“This is really nice of you,” Harry muttered to Mrs. Weasley. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

"So was I," muttered Ralph, "I was on the outside too." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Then you don’t have to ask us,” I mutter. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“He’s lost his marbles,” Ron muttered in Harry’s ear. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I laugh and mutter to myself, even though everbody gone think I’m even crazier for it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Now you know why I didn’t want my parents here,” Abby mutters. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“I sense the boy tells the truth,” Zeus muttered. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I look like such an idiot, sitting here on my own,” she muttered. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I could almost hear him muttering Next time I go to a different place. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Ma nudges me and mutters a command to speak. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I sighed, and muttered to myself something like, “Yeah, the criminal justice system is racist in many ways, but it really doesn’t help to make such an absurd comparison. People will just think you’re crazy.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The rumbling mutter of the vast mob swept in. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Jay muttered under his breath so only I could hear. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Nearly Headless Nick, the ghost of Gryffindor Tower, was staring morosely out of a window, muttering under his breath, “. . . don’t fulfill their requirements . . . half an inch, if that. “ Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Lady Seymour still lay beside me, shaking her head from side to side in the dirt and muttering. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

While we stood, Sip muttered to the others, “News. News, boys.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The voices of the underground people muttered as they lifted her. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like the final words of a ghost story, I muttered, “Well, you have now.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Almost immediately after that he shuddered going over a painted cattleguard on the road, muttering to himself, “It sure beats me how a handful of white stripes can fool cows like that.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

With microscopic shakes of my head, I muttered, “No, no, no.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Get off the sidewalk! Filthy urchins,” he muttered. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

They mutter their good mornings, not even looking me in the eye. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The Negro scholars in front of me are also muttering, saying some not-so-nice things about me. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He circled around and around, muttering that we were disgusting pigs. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

On the trip back, Hamilton recovered consciousness for a time and muttered to Hosack, “Pendleton knows I did not mean to fire at Colonel Burr the first time.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

There was much muttering in the common room about the fact that Harry had now chosen two of his classmates for the team. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“I don’t care what she says,” muttered Dolorous Edd, as Val vanished behind a stand of soldier pines. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He cooed and muttered and held on to my hands. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Jacob mutters, "It's a strange way to run the world." The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Good God,” he muttered, having torn open the latest arrival and scanned it with disgust. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

When they saw me, she jumped like somebody caught stealing and hurried to the kitchen, and he sat up muttering something about a backache. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I found him poking through one of his lizard drawers, muttering something about a missing specimen. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I’m so sorry,” hissed Hermione, and as she dragged the waitress out of sight of the windows, Harry heard her mutter a suggestion as to where Ron could stick his wand instead. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I may in fact have done so a little too swiftly on account of my disturbance, for Mr Farraday gave a small start, muttering: 'Ah, Stevens.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh Lord,” Mama mutters a few seconds later when the funk hits her. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“What’s wrong with the set?” she muttered, and began clicking through the channels. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“That’s Filch,” Harry muttered as they hurried up the stairs and paused, out of sight, listening hard. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Amid surprised mutters, Fleming, surprised himself, said, “You may state to the jury why you have no opinion.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Probably against her will, Echo muttered, “Get it back.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He muttered thanks but sarcastically, as if he resented our help. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you,” he muttered, but he didn’t put his on. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Fancy ringing up,” he muttered, “what a moment to choose.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

His words coming out of the stone became a voice that merged with all the others, not a murmur this time, but low voices muttering and chattering all around me. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wonder where Jordan is,” muttered Monique, who spent more time watching the door than the stage. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can hear the audience shuffling and muttering. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I really don’t care what you do,” I muttered. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

When he broke the silence, it was only to mutter unhappily, “Six of one, half-dozen of the other. That’s the way everything turns out, isn’t it, Nick?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Bring me your gift,” he mutters, no longer knowing what he is saying, “your one true gift, and make me always this...always so...I pray...I...” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

And he muttered, “I must see to the coffin.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

One of the queen’s men laughed, one spat, one muttered a curse, and the rest all tried to talk at once. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Kelton mutters, clearly annoyed that he couldn’t figure that out himself. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

No one dared, not openly, though he heard mutterings mingled with the creak of wood and rope and the rush of the river around the pilings. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Sure, buddy,” he muttered to the other driver. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

And every time Bernabe drove over those twelve white stripes, he flinched and, shaking his head, muttered to himself: “It beats me how a handful of white stripes can fool cows like that.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had only wanted him to care....“I’m sorry,” she muttered. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He sputtered and muttered and felt the spot where I’d slapped him. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“But he must know it, surely?” muttered Blackberry to Hazel. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He left the quay and wandered the city streets, muttering to himself. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He paced about die camp restlessly, muttering to himself. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Christ on a cracker,” the one closest to me muttered, shaking his mop of red hair. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I give her a pep talk and a hug, and after she’s caught her breath, she mutters, “Time to play nice with the Manipulator,” and wanders off to the high-jump pit. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

He was working on a sermon and kind of muttering to himself. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Methuselah had sidled up into the bougainvillea bush right behind us, muttering, “Lubberlubberlubber.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If it is indeed Potter, he must not be harmed,” she muttered, more to herself than to the others. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Others muttered and shook their heads, and someone let out a low whistle. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

One woman was muttering, “Eddy, Eddy, Eddy....Please, sweet Jesus, please.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have to serve me,” I muttered. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Elinor muttered something suspicious and scrutinized Meggie as if she thought her capable of any kind of disgraceful conduct, whatever her father might say. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

"No fire," he muttered, low under his breath. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Ghosts . . the old man muttered to himself. “I knew they would find me here eventually.” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Snape was muttering incantations, pointing his wand at the wrist of the hand, while with his left hand he tipped a goblet full of thick golden potion down Dumbledore’s throat. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Wed, Wart,” said Kay in an exasperated voice, “do you want all the rug? And why do you heave and mutter so? You were snoring, too.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Gods have mercy," he muttered, swallowing his agony. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Then came the murmurs and the mutters, whispered curses, whispered prayers, the hornets stirring in their hive. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Caroline mutters something about not having time for such things anyway, and Bailey attends alone, grateful to be able to enjoy the trip without Caroline’s constant talking. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Shake ’em off... shake ’em off,” he would mutter whenever he did this. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He heard distant monks, meditating in the covered walkway, muttering softly. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Sam, who had been watching his master with great concern, shook his head and muttered: ‘Plain as a pikestaff it is, but it’s no good Sam Gamgee putting in his spoke just now.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She muttered, “Home sweet home,” before going in, her voice thick with sarcasm. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I startle awake, squinting and muttering, barely able to process his words. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“If you intend to secure yourself a high rank, I suggest you don’t make a habit of losing to low-ranked opponents,” says Four, his voice cutting through the mutters and grumbles of the other initiates. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

‘The Paths of the Dead,’ he muttered to himself. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Some would fly to the ranger and mutter at him, and it seemed to Bran that he understood their quorks and squawks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I say,” muttered the bard, “I seem to be caught on something.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

After suffering through a few songs, he muttered something about how even pinochle with Chiron had been more exciting than this. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He bent down again to his digging, muttering to himself. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

That was the night that Asha first heard the queen’s men muttering about a sacrifice—an offering to their red god, so he might end the storm. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Ron burst through the door into Slughorn’s overheated, crowded study, tripped over a tasseled footstool, regained his balance by seizing Harry around the neck, and muttered, “She didn’t see that, did she?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Superstitious old man,” Jacob muttered under his breath. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I muttered a quiet “Blast” and continued to cat my dinner, porridge with dried apple. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t trust anything that doesn’t come from a book,” I mutter. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I linger and hear Charlotte gasp for breath and mutter. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“Meanwhile, I must make plans...” the emperor muttered to himself. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He raised the map, tapped it with the tip of his wand, and muttered, “Mischief managed!” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

While he tapped, Ron continued to try to hit on the correct password, muttering strings of random words under his breath. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Man,” he mutters, not really to anybody, “what an old goat.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“No you wouldn’t,” Luke muttered, but he said it so softly, he was sure Mother couldn’t hear. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

We four children stayed out of their way and continued to vent our group spleen amongst ourselves, muttering about the unfairness of it all. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“Like they say, the old must die and the young may die,” he muttered softly. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Later, after he had driven them back to their hotel, Poppy was muttering, “Holy, holy, holy.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“What a lot of nonsense!” muttered the rat. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

“No, no, no,” the giant muttered to himself. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

"Same to you," Riccio muttered, poking out his tongue at Barbarossa’s back before making his uneasy way home. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Because then mine will be angry with me for making her work for her money,” Nately replied with an anxious look at his girl, who was glowering at him restlessly and starting to mutter. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Will you write Mamá what very fine work Uncle Hermilio and Aunt Consuelo found for us?” he muttered through clenched teeth. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Other times, he asked for tea and then went on to examine the sugar bowl and the tin of milk, muttering, “The capabilities of bacteria are quite extraordinary.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Exhausted and annoyed, he walked down the stairs muttering to himself, “Who in the world ever got this guy into this business? Does this poor baby know what the heck he is fooling with?” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before I could protest, she laid a hand on my avatar’s chest and muttered a few arcane words. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Doli, still muttering angrily about his buzzing ears, rode last, as rear guard, although he flatly refused to make himself invisible no matter what the circumstances. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s what my mum calls them,” Ron muttered, his ears going red. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I’m just . . . ,” I muttered, looking down, “I don’t feel well. I’m sorry. I feel like I’m going to throw up.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He muttered something about a swim and broke into a trot. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Her mutterings were chiefly to her husband; and he murmured, in reply, Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Their heads clustered above the trunks in the green shade; heads brown, fair, black, chestnut, sandy, mouse-colored; heads muttering, whispering, heads full of eyes that watched Ralph and speculated. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The two evil-looking men still muttered below over their ale, getting louder as it grew later. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

He got up and reeled around the yard muttering, “Where am I?” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Religion neither convinced nor moved him, and after hours of sitting in a pew, muttering prayer after prayer, he was in desperate need of some fresh air. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The voices upstairs continued to mutter and chant. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

A nervous tic, an unconscious look of anxiety, a habit of muttering to yourself—anything that carried with it the suggestion of abnormality, of having something to hide. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

In a state of delirium, wavering between life and death, Bill would sometimes mutter, “They got Rita and now it looks like they’ve got me.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

But his eyes glittered with lust as he spoke and Wang Lung muttered and pulled the girl away and sent her into her own room. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I hear her muttering a prayer to herself. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He got in the car muttering obscenities, floored the gas, and the car lurched forward. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The boys shook hands, though they didn’t look as if they wanted to, and when they parted ways and the crowd began to melt, I heard a woman behind me mutter, “Dirty Jew.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“We all know him,” Lavadie said somberly, and the other men nodded yes, muttering agreement, some smiling, some looking grim. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We kissed again on the stairs and as I called for the cordon the concierge muttered something behind her door. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“I know,” Scipio muttered without looking at his father. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It needs work,” he muttered as he climbed out. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She heard the usual mutter of the baboons. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like wind rushed through a noisy tree in fall, every leaf muttering something to its neighbor. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

The physician, who had turned around from the next bed at the sound of my name, drew the Inspector aside and muttered at him awhile. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Through his lips came a familiar, helpless mutter. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The world is full of wine,” he muttered in the dankness of his cabin. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

‘Too thin and drawn he is,’ he muttered. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

While he was lecturing Frank and Percy on Archimedean mechanics, Hazel stared at the stone archway and muttered under her breath. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I try to forget all of this—try to stop the churning in my mind—but as soon as I do, Natalie mutters “105” and I’m back into it again. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Billy was muttering, “It’s wrong. I can’t turn it. It’s way wrong. It’s turned all around wrong.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry muttered to Ron as he stuck his hands under the icy jet that poured from the gargoyle’s mouth. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

As they moved on through the crowd, Brangwain Spurge muttered, “What an awful woman.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

I couldn't see what was chasing him, but I could hear it muttering and cursing. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Moments later, another passing soldier looked at Zeitoun and muttered “Taliban.” Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“No kidding,” muttered Ron, as the passage began to slope upward. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Well, well. . .” muttered the head of the Soviet bomb project. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I just wanted to have a look at the snow,” Scipio finally muttered. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

My pride was such that I wasn’t going to let nothing stop me, but I was muttering to myself, “That man was right, this is a lot harder than cotton.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was on special,” he muttered defensively and retreated into a sulk. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“If I can manage the young one, I can the old one,” muttered Jo, as she walked away, leaving Laurie bent over a railroad map with his head propped up on both hands. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The unlucky pair stumbled off through the nighttime woodland, gesticulating and muttering together, weaving a fabric of lies that they hoped would satisfy Cluny the Scourge. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

"Remember the money," I muttered angrily to myself. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

She sat behind the wheel, tapping it nervously and muttering while I settled in the front seat and held Z in my arms. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have never known anyone so phony and self-absorbed,” she mutters. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Boys are always hungry,” she mutters before taking a jar of peanut butter off the shelf. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

‘Sorry!’ she muttered, pulling me after her by the sleeve of my sweatshirt. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You didn’t have to make Ben die,” I muttered before I began to cry. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Most of those present looked curiously at the king, and muttered among themselves, thinking him mad. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

The savages guarding the neck muttered among themselves but made no motion. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Now he’s pacing and muttering to himself, tapping his fingertips together. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

"No school," he mutters and taps his cane angrily on the sidewalk. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I’ll be jiggered if I leave him,” muttered Bigwig to himself. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oliver, who had been beside her at the appointment, muttered “Too late” under his breath, just loud enough for Hyacinth to hear. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Happy to see you sink,” muttered one boy, and several others laughed. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He was tired of people skirting around him in the corridors, as though he were about to sprout fangs or spit poison; tired of all the muttering, pointing, and hissing as he passed. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He descended on them, muttering, pecking their hair, and peering into their ears. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Not that you could,” he muttered to himself. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

"You watch it," muttered Stanley, too tired to care. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“No, you’re wrong. I am going to be somebody great,” I mutter to her. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But, oddly, she didn’t lean back against the wall or mutter “Never mind” or let her hair hide her face while she did nothing but text. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She is grinning, muttering, “Baby doll. Big windup toy. Chatty Cathy.” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Jesus is God, you filthy heathen,” Sir Fabian mutters, not even bothering to turn around. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“The accused orphan girl Kira is here!” the door guard announced, and the muttering subsided. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he threw up his hands and just muttered, “Stupid.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother muttered for an hour, and then her anger boiled over. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not much daylight left,” he muttered, more gruffly than King Eiddileg himself. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

And she forgot them all and lay muttering. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Emmett pauses, closes his eyes, then mutters, “I begged my cousins not to tell my uncle and aunt. ‘I don’t want to be sent back to Chicago,’ I said. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

“What, and get attacked by another flock of canaries?” muttered Ron. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

But he didn’t, and all we could catch was the odd irritated mutter about the students who already lived there. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t see how we can do anything,” he muttered uneasily. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“She doesn’t. I made it up,” I mutter. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

"That crafts closet is big enough to hold two football players. Just saying," she mutters, and turns back to the video screen. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, okay. I’ll join, I guess,” I muttered, lying back down on my bed. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

That’s what he kept muttering in his sleep, the night we stole it.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He muttered under his breath, so Tree-ear could not hear the words. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

The family hens were attacking the earth, searching for worms and insects, clucking and muttering to one another like proud, fat little abbesses. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Stuff”s gonna kill the old fellow,” he mutters, marching straight past me. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Hazel’s foot landed in the snow and she muttered, “Oh, great.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He spoke loudly enough that the whole classroom was suddenly muttering, “America-gaeri!” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I could have swum from Nantucket that fast!” he muttered. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, yeah. The guy with the two names,” she muttered. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The coach muttered something about how that kid belonged anywhere but in a footrace. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

“The cow ...” Thalia muttered, still in a daze. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Alec grumbled and grunted a few times, muttering almost indecipherable words as he scooted off his cot and got dressed. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He took the blow stoically enough when Harry told him, merely grunting and shrugging, but Harry had the distinct feeling as he walked away that Dean and Seamus were muttering mutinously behind his back. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Fiona’s been observing all this too, and when Gavin starts to leave, she mutters, “He couldn’t even come over and say hi?” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

We made our way over to the long mahogany bar and he muttered as he looked over the bottles. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Well,” he muttered softly to himself as he stooped to pick up the baby he had set aside. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He held up his wand, muttered, “Lumos!” and saw that he was in a very narrow, low, earthy passageway. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“We’ve still got some dried food in our bags,” he muttered. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Nobody spoke to me: they only gave me cold stares and muttered “traitor” and “Uncle Tom” under their breaths. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You almost scared us to death,” my mother muttered as she stripped the leaves from a tree limb to prepare it for my back. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the way out he patted the gargoyle on the head and muttered, "Luck." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

As the two Chinese were reading it, they would stop now and then and mutter something to each other. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Penelope wondered if Lady Constance had taken ill, but when she inquired Mrs. Clarke just rolled her eyes and muttered something about “the moon on a string not being enough for some people.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

With his hands shoved in his hoodie pocket and eyes still on the floor, he muttered, “I forgot I have to do something,” before turning away and getting swallowed by the crowd. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Oh — right — sorry,” he muttered, taking the quill back. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Mom heads into the kitchen, muttering, “Most people don’t think social visits are interruptions. Most moms don’t hear news about their child from someone else.” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Unless she had him concealed in those gigantic sleeves,” Chandresh mutters. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I can’t quite see the titles at the top,” muttered Mini. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Oh yes, the tunnel! Well, carry on. Er, you know what to do. I’ve got things to think about,” he muttered absently. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

After a moment of stunned silence, he mutters, "Keep to myself, I do." The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t want you to tell your father,” he muttered angrily. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He’s muttering something I can’t hear and conducting a symphony with his hands as he walks away from me toward a counter that has a hot plate with a kettle on it. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“There are a lot of Toms,” muttered Riddle. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Kin leaned in close to the dragon, face pulled into a furious scowl, and he muttered two words: “Yer grounded.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Someone dragged Smith over to the mike, and he muttered something about credit being due to horse and rider. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A mutter of anticipation went around the gathering. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The boy, who had been muttering something about Harry behind his hand to his friend, promptly turned scarlet and toppled out of the hole in alarm. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Everyone who saw the photo sighed or shook their head or muttered bitterly to themselves. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Better get the Cloak,” Ron muttered, as Lee Jordan finally left, stretching and yawning. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“Once upon a time, I liked turtles,” Piper muttered, accepting a hand up. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

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

“See you,” Petra muttered over her shoulder as she hurried ahead and zoomed up her porch steps. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Time for pest control,” I muttered to myself. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We could have just hitched with the freight,” Nailer muttered, nodding at rail containers wallowing their way toward the clipper ships. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s about time,” Jackson muttered when they came out. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Afraid of a needle,” he muttered to himself under his breath, shaking his head. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I heard him mutter, “There’s not a one in that bunch with that kind of grit.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Gee, thanks,” I muttered, and he grinned for a second, before sighing and biting his nails. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

‘It looks like a tomb,’ muttered Frodo, and bent forwards with a curious sense of foreboding, to look more closely at it. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Leave this place clean of your foul presence,” the arcanist muttered to himself as he watched them go. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She stood a moment, clutching the spool of thread and muttering to herself. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

“What a silly notion, Elinor!’’ she muttered as she got back into the car. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Peace then seemed to forsake our hut and I could hear my husband and children moving restlessly in their sleep and muttering, whether from hunger or fear I do not know. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Max,”’ I muttered, noting the fear in my own voice. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She went on stirring and muttering, and telling Fern to stop asking about things no one needs to know or there would be no cake for her. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“It’s Willowdean,” I mutter, but she doesn’t hear me because Morgan, the too-old-to-be-in-college-too-young-to-be-your-mom store manager, floats out from the break room. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The courtroom had been deadly silent, but then a woman gasped, and I heard muttered swearing. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

The building was still jammed with muttering people. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I could hear the mutter of the stitch. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He stomped up a flight of stairs, muttering to himself. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

"I wish I were like you," muttered the prince. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he even mutters, “If you didn’t want American children, you shouldn’t have moved to this country,” but usually only loud enough for me to hear. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

That’s one of the reasons a writer should mutter, mumble, or orate a draft of his prose to himself, ideally after enough time has elapsed that it is no longer familiar. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Dad surveyed our work, counting the jars and muttering to himself, then he turned to Mother and said, “It’s not enough.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Dimly, Emma heard Chess mutter, “Let’s see if it works at all, first.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Grover muttered something about girls being harder to understand than the Oracle at Delphi, then he handed me the spray gun and followed Annabeth. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

They saw their apples, mutter, mutter, curse, curse, old cow, stupid teacher. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Tom, the stooped and toothless landlord, was polishing glasses behind the bar counter; a couple of warlocks having a muttered conversation in the far corner glanced at Hermione and drew back into the shadows. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“God, how did you even manage to do this?” he muttered as he ripped the first one open. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She went very red and muttered “hello” without looking at him. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

"We all have to go really bad," I mutter. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

As her dad headed inside, she heard him mutter, “A loan. Insane.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I felt a slight prickle of rain against my face and muttered a curse, flipping the hood of my cloak up. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There was no sound of shifting armor, no muttering or cursing. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Ashe muttered sleepily, “Why not ask Herbie and settle the whole affair?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

I muttered the title, “The Grapes of Wrath.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“I need to see something,” I mutter as the others gather around. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

After a second I muttered something and got into my jeep and put it to the floor and left him standing there. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We should have done this in my mind, not in his,” muttered Mr. Nancy to Shadow. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“Please tell me you’re kidding,” he muttered, but it came out too loud and his shaking voice was sent out into the church. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Just getting her into the parking lot had been a major challenge, but now she started backing away, muttering, “‘Jupiter. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Harry thought wryly, he had still endured worse mutterings... Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I expect to weave through the crowd, dodging elbows and muttering “excuse me” the way I always do, but there is no need. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Queen muttered to herself, “Take him away from me? No way! What I need to do is bring that child here with me and Gerald. Poor little thing needs some lovin’.” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah, well, you'll probably never be as crazy as I am!” she muttered, putting a thick pair of socks on her bare feet. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The Dothraki were muttering and giving her strange sideways looks from the comers of their dark almond eyes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Dirty Communists,” Dr. Ma muttered as he started the truck. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

His hand was still smarting, muttering to itself. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Nothing other than muttering in front of those goddesses. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

After Dad had taken him for about eighty bucks, Robbie started muttering angrily to himself. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Wake up,” I mutter, squinting at the pixels. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Instead I mutter, “Your bed is nice. Pretty.” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

The other campers started muttering among themselves: What did she say? The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Shut up, phone,” I muttered and headed to the marina. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Hermione left the room, muttering something that sounded very much like “Boys. ” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Where’s the use of looking nice, when no one sees me but those cross midgets, and no one cares whether I’m pretty or not?” she muttered, shutting her drawer with a jerk. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

A mutter rises from the Dauntless section, and I stare at the floor. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Light?” said Ron, but Hermione told him to be quiet until she’d looked something up, and started flicking frantically through the pages, muttering to herself. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Officer Shrift wandered through the crowd, suspiciously muttering, “Guilty, guilty, they’re all guilty,” and, on noticing Milo, brightened visibly and commented in passing, “Is it six million years already? My, how time flies.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Wasn’t so hard,” Thomas muttered, then turned to see Teresa frantically typing away at the keyboard. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Put it this way, Potter,” Moody muttered finally, “they say old Mad-Eye’s obsessed with catching Dark wizards. . . but I’m nothing — nothing—compared to Barty Crouch.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

‘Or another and another and another,’ muttered Sam. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“I guess not. Don’t care if I do. Serve me right, selfish pig, to let you go, and stay writing rubbish myself!” muttered Jo, as she went to consult Hannah. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Whatever,” she muttered, and went into her room and closed the door to go read for the rest of the night. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“It wouldn’t have been worth it,” Jacob muttered. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“All that yelling for a simple mistake,” he mutters. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“You didn’t have to,” the Assassin muttered, joining her. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“He’s just made that rule up,” Harry muttered angrily as Snape limped away. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Behind him, he heard the soft metallic slither of the lordling's ringmail, the rustle of leaves, and muttered curses as reaching branches grabbed at his longsword and tugged on his splendid sable cloak. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Doggone it, get a clue, Ruby,” he mutters, but Ruby isn’t moving, and neither is Stella. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

She sets her phone down—thank God—faces her computer, and mutters, “Friggin’ patriarchy, I swear.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Coming, coming,” I mutter, shooting a last jealous look at Boomer, whose nose is still twitching with dreams. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“It did, for a while,” muttered Harry; his scar was still painful, which made it hard to concentrate. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Crazy girl,” he muttered as he crawled to the other side of the hut. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her accusations would be all the more powerful for being muttered. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“If Luke gets hold of him—” “Luke wouldn’t hesitate,” Thalia muttered. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know and I don’t care,” Mom muttered bitterly. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Harry well remembered putting it on, exactly one year ago, and waiting, petrified, for its decision as it muttered aloud in his ear. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Frank glanced at her gratefully, but the other campers started to mutter. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I manage a smile at him and mutter something back, but Zero’s words run through my head. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When Howard Clement stood up and began his usual lecture on the History of Racial Oppression, even many blacks in the group rolled their eyes and muttered to one another, “There he goes again.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“My so-called vice principal,” muttered Mrs. Malvolio with a dismissive roll of her eyes. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Like to ride with ye a piece,” he muttered, and climbed over the wheel and into the seat without raising his eyes to the boy’s face. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Her idea, not mine,” the potter muttered, and waved at Tree-ear to get started on his work. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

But he looked across the fields at the small figures of the men receding and he muttered over and over, “At least I have the land—I have the land.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

She didn’t let go until the plane stopped and the grandmother slipped her hand away and muttered something about foolish people who could not build planes well. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She muttered her stories to herself while she cooked or cleaned or took the long walk with the other harvesters to the Bog. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Jinx took a bite and muttered with his mouth full, “Yeah, he watches every move I make, hoping I’ll do something he can arrest me for.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Stella mutters something under her breath, a word she uses when she’s angry. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

There was another sound, too—a raspy voice muttering something that I couldn’t make out. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Over the rain drums I seemed to hear voices, as though a crowd of people muttered and mumbled offstage. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I knowed it,” she muttered darkly without a hint of what it was she knew. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The U.S. embassy is the problem, not the solution,” he muttered. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Curly muttered a reply that was difficult to hear. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never celebrated it with my Irish family, so it doesn’t bother me, but the girls mutter under their breath all day long: it’s not Christian, it’s not American to keep them from their families. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Hodor carried Bran back to his chamber, muttering “Hodor” in a low voice as Leaf went before them with a torch. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Fanning the smoke aside, she muttered, “I’ve never seen it overheat like this.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“More like a fourth-rate hotel, if you ask me,” muttered Matt, who had seen better days. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

"Latin," he mutters, and hands it to the innkeeper. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“That rat! He didn’t even need those points. Selfish poacher,” Emily muttered. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

From the far side of the room, his old man muttered, “You did good.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

One of the police officers nearest Emma muttered under his breath. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“That used to be a pharmacy,” Farid muttered as we exited the truck. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

‘I still don’t get it,’ Coach Hedge muttered as they roamed the centre aisle. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

"I didn't even start it," I couldn't resist muttering. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Oh, go away,” the young mouse muttered drowsily. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“We have to get out of here—come on,” Valley muttered, her face almost completely back to normal already. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

They were all gathered around gaping, she could feel their eyes on her, and here and there she heard muttered comments and titters of laughter. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Shae looked up at him, reaching out for his hand, muttering something that he could not understand. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

In the end the guard strode away, muttering about time wasters. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The people in the line turn to each other, muttering behind their hands. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“That old head thinks of nothing except his eating and his drinking,” he muttered into the mouth of the oven; but aloud he said nothing. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He paces around the house, peering and prodding at it, muttering to himself and making small whistling noises. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Forty feet above, the stone men moaned and muttered beneath a flickering lamp. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“The way she came from nothing,” Dimple muttered mockingly. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“It’s old news,” I mutter as I begin to launch into a summary of what had happened to Annie, how I’d hacked into the school’s directory. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I mutter the last part under my breath. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She arose, climbing over Robert’s feet with a muttered apology. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

Mr. Robert bowed politely in return, ignoring the muttering at the table behind him. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ella is nervous,” the harpy muttered from her perch on the railing. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She muttered on like Cecile did and looked mean and tired like Big Ma looks on washboard days. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She let the mumbling and muttering that followed her words die down. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I heard a muttered exchange between the twins about some bed sheets. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He brushed off the question when I asked what he was in for—an argument, a misunderstanding, he muttered. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I rather doubt that,” the dog muttered, but he lifted his head from his paws to see what it was anyway. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

They laid the carved gemstone on the table in front of them and started to inspect it closely, muttering little scholarly notes to each other and passing the magnifying lenses back and forth. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Harry, Ron, and Hermione slipped and slid across the entrance hall and through the double doors on the right, Ron muttering furiously under his breath as he pushed his sopping hair off his face. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

They licked their lips: and the dogs muttered that they had been promised the task of carrying out the sentence. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wish getting a Big Mac was still my biggest concern when I pass through customs these days,” Kareem mutters. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Sela was the best; all the added muttering, dancing and trickery was done merely to enhance her reputation, to pull the wool over the eyes of stupid ignorant creatures. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

"Your daughter Turtle kicked me," she muttered, staring once again at the Westing house. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Manya was forever muttering about the streaks of black tar that clung to my shoes and sneakers and rubbed off on the floor of the apartment. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Those are her pictures,” Gladys muttered in a voice that reminded me of the sound from a comb harmonica. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t know leprechaun gold vanishes,” Ron muttered. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I see,” muttered Root—which was basically a lie. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Upstairs, keep the Cloak on, keep quiet!” muttered a tall figure, passing them on his way into the street and slamming the door behind him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Shady muttered to Jinx, “Certainly won’t hurt that it tastes better than before.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

A servant in Mollie’s house had told an agent that one night Ernest had muttered to her while drunk that he was afraid something would happen to Mollie. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The Deltas muttered, jostled one another a little, and then were still. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why this room has to be prepared is beyond me,” Becky muttered as we folded the sheets together. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

They muttered and argued among themselves, but Chiron said something else, and Silenus sighed. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Bellingham muttered something impolite, and the boy standing behind the clerk fought hard not to smile. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Arrogant young pups!” muttered my father through clenched teeth as two youths pushed in front of us. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

As he passed, a gust of icy air flew out and clawed at them, but he walked by, muttering, without pause. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Just nerves,” he muttered to himself as he changed from his old kaftan to his new one. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Well, you weren’t the first person Riddle wormed things out of,” Harry muttered. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“I’m not going into a bedroom to find her, that’s for sure,” he mutters. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“War wound,” Basil muttered as he demolished a plateful of quince and elderberry pie. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I closed the door, muttering, “Well, but it isn’t your house.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

He shouldered his way past me, muttering something I almost didn’t catch. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“Imagine wanting a junky old rotten egg!” he muttered. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

He squinted into Ogden’s face and muttered, in what was clearly supposed to be an offensive tone, “Now I come to think about it, I’ve seen noses like yours down in the village.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

"Would that it had burned to the ground," I muttered. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He starts muttering in Spanish as he nudges a piece forward. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

‘Cheese is not good for harpies,’ she muttered. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She felt immediately guilty about having disturbed him, and muttered apologetically that she only wanted to buy some lemons. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Percy didn’t remember the old blind man muttering a final curse, but as Phineas dissolved and returned to the Underworld, he probably hadn’t wished Percy a long and happy life. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She mutters the word sorry over and over again. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Before the mother went back into the classroom, she stood there and cursed for a while, muttering that those spirits that had sent the child to break her few plates would not succeed. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

As Harry entered the Great Hall, heads turned in the direction of the Firebolt, and there was a good deal of excited muttering. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Yes, we will if we get the chance,” muttered Laurie rebelliously. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa knew that merely showing his face would draw stares and muttered comments. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Stay with me,” she mutters into her phone, and I make out a series of slams and yells and the general hubbubery of angry adults in the background. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Electricity really does make things easier,” he muttered to himself, but that was just the kind of statement that aroused Father Mulrooney’s scorn. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The anthropologist closed his eyes, muttering under his breath. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

He was also dimly aware of an ominous muttering all around the walls. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Luke would have backed out, muttering, “I’m sorry. I’m sorry.” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the women clutched their baskets and peered over the gate and muttered about these relief people wasting time. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Fine,” Seven muttered to herself, stuffing her phone in her pocket. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He flounced off, swishing his tail, muttering about going outside to take the air. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Great,” she muttered as she started walking again. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

So I simply nodded, muttered “thanks,” then turned around and, as calmly as possible, walked outside. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Tyson snorted and muttered, but he kept sleeping. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Tyson muttered in his sleep and turned over. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“It is better as it is,” he muttered to himself, and for the first time was wholly filled with despair. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Hell, I was just trying to help the kid,” muttered Gilly. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

He growled and muttered as he tapped on his keyboard. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

She would always whip it off with a flourish, muttering, ‘Don’t be such a ridiculous little baby!’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

He muttered that his name was Roger and was silent again. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The nuns muttered that Hazel’s mother was trading with the Devil. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

"My brother gave it to me," she muttered. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Captain Snow shifted from one foot to the other, muttering huffily, “Me, in the wrong? Never. I won’t apologize to that cat! I refuse to!” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

‘A dead end,’ muttered Sam; ‘and after all my climb! This can’t be the top of the tower. But what can I do now?’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“This cannot go on. The other Elders are muttering. They...” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

One woman bumps me with her shoulder and then mutters an apology, and I move closer to Caleb so I don’t lose sight of him. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I muttered something about stupid school and stupid parents, figuring that might sound reasonable. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

"Either the sky isn't as tall as it used to be,” I muttered, “or he’s short." The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“The lock needs to be oiled,” she muttered. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

She was still thinking about it and muttering to herself as she bumped headlong into one of the pirates. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Well that couldn’t have gone much worse,” the old man muttered as he rubbed at the shoulder of the arm the constable had twisted. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She glared at me and muttered, “Punk,” which must’ve meant she was in a good mood. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I thought I might go back to Godric’s Hollow,” Harry muttered. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“But I don’t have a talent,” I mutter. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

He greeted me with a curt nod of his head and muttered something about not really being in the mood for Talmud now but we had to go up anyway. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Frantically, he tries to remember: “Blessed are you—” he mutters. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“No, Percy. In the old days, Olympus was almost overthrown by Typhon. He is husband of Echidna—” “Met her at the Arch,” I muttered. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Moody raised his wand again, pointed it at the spider, and muttered, “Crucio!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I say, you know!” muttered Joe, shaking his head at me in very serious remonstrance. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I get the broom I keep at my station for such occasions and sweep up broken Broken Me-Blob No. 8 while everyone mutters about how unlucky I am. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

"Osha, as it please the lord," she muttered sourly. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The guards on the walls muttered curses, hounds in the kennels barked furiously, horses kicked at their stalls, the Walders shivered by their fire, and even Maester Luwin complained of sleepless nights. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Some of the other lords muttered about that, but Catelyn would not listen to their complaints. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Thereafter he scowled whenever he saw Bran or Jojen about the castle, and muttered under his breath. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He was unable to turn away from the horror, and he kept muttering, “Some fire.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Apparently unaware of anything about him, he muttered dark words to himself, strange things that others could not comprehend. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

They passed a few checkpoints manned by Nigerian soldiers, and Odenigbo muttered something under his breath each time they were waved past. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“So are the odds of survival if we do crash,” Uriah mutters, but he’s grinning. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The cheese man mutters under his breath, “Trailer trash.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She muttered to herself a lot, like she was praying. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“So ungrateful,” I heard her mutter in Chinese. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Vividly,” Dimple muttered, trying to tamp down the annoyance in her voice. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Leo studied the cliff top and muttered under his breath. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Thirty-one point two,” I mutter out loud, running my finger along the projection. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He sometimes muttered things and always looked like he had just woken up. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Live and learn,” muttered Stuart, tartly, putting his change purse back in his pocket. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Well,” he muttered as we slowly approached the ticket table — he was carrying most of my weight, but I still had to shuffle and wobble my feet forward — “there are more than enough vampires present.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“You paid way too much for that,” Zohra mutters as we walk away. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

He muttered, “I don’t think so,” and went inside. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mutters stop too, leaving just the rush of water in the chasm. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Sure not cotton,” he muttered, but the towel was soft and absorbed water much better than the thin, worn ones they used at home. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The cognac was very, very good, and from the first muttered “Sante” and the first clicking sip you could feel the Brotherhood of Man growing until it filled Rocinante full—and the sisterhood also. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Choszle!”—Stinks to death in there!—muttered my mother when she returned. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The commerçant paid it, muttering curses that seemed too strong for the early hour, since this was surely only the first irritation of a very long trip. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The knight absorbed the beatings silently; the only sounds were the muttered curses of the slaves who beat him and the dull thuds of their clubs pounding against Ser Jorah’s bruised and battered flesh. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The little man, whose name was Harroway, hesitated, produced an unmistakable blush, failed completely to catch Byerley’s eyes, and muttered, “Come on,” to the two policemen. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“Oh, man,” Leo muttered, summoning fire in his free hand. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

In his new personage he was always cold, sullen, distant, contemplative; always wrinkling his brow and scratching his balding head and wringing his hands and muttering curses and complaints, especially on Fridays. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Go away,” muttered Kuda as he blew on the hot tea. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Slave catcher,” Triphena was heard to mutter after one dark, sleekly well-dressed gentleman departed. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

When he shouts, I jump, never having heard him speak above a mutter. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Over in the woods, Coach Hedge muttered to himself as he wrote. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” Emily muttered to herself and opened a new web browser. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“The way he goes on you would think we had a grand cellar in this half-built house in the middle of nowhere,” Kainene muttered, combing her wig with her fingers. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Let me see, let me see...,” he muttered, taking out his wand and smoothing the map out on his desk. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

They watched proudly as the boy muttered his lines between swallows of cornmeal. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

"You don't have to be sorry," I mutter. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Irritated at how transparent I must seem, I muttered, “She’s not my girl.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes, people do go off alone,” she muttered to herself as she kicked through the grass, carrying her bag of honey, which was now beginning to ooze. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“If I had a bomb, I would not hide it in my bag,” Kainene muttered. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Sam went red to the ears and muttered something inaudible, as he clutched the box and bowed as well as he could. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Others in the cafe—Mrs. Clare and Mabel Helm and a husky young farmer who had stopped to buy a plug of Brown’s Mule chewing tobacco—muttered and mumbled. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you want me, ” muttered Roscuro as he left the banquet hall, “I will be in the dungeon, in the darkness. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

"Oh-my-father-and-oh-the-delight-of-my-eyes," began the young man, muttering the words very quickly and sulkily and not at all as if the Tisroc were the delight of his eyes. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

It covered its face with both wings, muttering to itself. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They all fell silent, watching him anxiously, but after muttering incomprehensibly for a moment he merely started snoring. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I muttered, feeling both flustered and annoyed at once. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The elf was lying flat as a board, muttering a spell. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

He carried Errol to a perch just inside the back door and tried to stand him on it, but Errol flopped straight off again so Ron laid him on the draining board instead, muttering, “Pathetic.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

It began with a number of students, mainly boys, muttering that we should get tokens to compensate when Madame took something away. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh shut your beak, you little monster!” he muttered. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

It started low, a mutter of angry bees in an underground hive. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know,” Lara said, and then we heard footsteps in the distance, mutters and cracking branches. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I tossed and turned under the woolen blankets, and Mama told me the next day that I was muttering in my sleep, though she couldn’t understand what I was saying. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Victor muttered, keeping the lens of his camera on the dark-haired boy who had now fallen behind a little. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Because every time she talks to him he starts muttering in a different language under his breath. What else would he be saying?” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Lou, who was so tired he’d let Rob carry his pack, staggered into camp looking pale and distraught, muttering, “I’m finished. I’m finished. Completely out of gas.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Ron, who was supposed to be jinxing Harry, was purple in the face, his lips tightly compressed to save himself from the temptation of muttering the incantation. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“No one else here knew anything about the Rosenbergs,” Jonah mutters into his soda. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I hung up, muttering to myself, “I didn’t want to see your silly old synagogue anyway.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

His father muttered sweet, delirious things to Roy, and his hands, when he dipped them again in the basin and wrung out the cloth, were trembling. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The wound in my arm was sapping my ability to think, but I muttered, “Communication device ... spy at camp.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Salud,” he mutters under his breath, and he unscrews the top. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Jesus,” he muttered privately, “now he’s hallucinating on me.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“If you say so,” he muttered, setting to work on Ellidyr’s bonds. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Only Asher lets out an annoyed snort and mutters, “Her team? I’m the captain!” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

More and more of the villagers came out to touch Grumman’s hand, to mutter a few words, and to receive what looked like a blessing in return. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went through the cycle four times, muttering throughout. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the bed, Percy muttered deliriously in his sleep, “Ha, ha, ha.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Your value of human life brings tears to my eyes,” he muttered. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“An A,” he muttered, his large horse jaws working as he weighed the disgrace of his role for the grade. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Man,’ Leo muttered, ‘he was really anxious to practice his Valdezinator.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Oh, for God sake,” I muttered and then, out the window, “Please?” and then, whinily, “Come on, buddy, please?” but he had set a course and was not to be deflected. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

But he only shook his head, muttered something under his breath, then turned and went back to the house. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

The old man dragged her well off the road into a tan-gle of trees, cursing and muttering all the while. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Sort of,” he mutters, looking unsure of himself. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“It’s what my mum does whenever someone’s upset,” Ron muttered, shrugging. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Yes, sir,” I muttered, internally kicking myself for not ditching when I had the chance. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I remember remembering,” she muttered, sitting down with a heavy sigh; she pulled her legs up to wrap her arms around her knees. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I hear only muttering from the room at the end of the hallway, and I suspect this is another part of the game they like to play with us. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Obviously in sour spirits, he muttered that he had spent the entire morning scouring the town trying to find a hat for $2.50. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Difficult to know where to begin,” muttered Fudge, pulling up the chair, sitting down, and placing his green bowler upon his knees. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Knocked out twice in two days,” he muttered. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He rubbed his hand across his free and muttered to himself, “There’s going to be hell to pay now.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

He scampers off, along with a few other fellows, the lot of them muttering curses but too cowardly to do anything more than that. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He was still muttering to himself when he and Captain Prince started to drive to Boston. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mustafa mutters under his breath, and his eyes seem darker than usual as he scans the room. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Dolorous Edd went off muttering of worms and spiders. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“No, sir,” I mutter, summoning a layer of polite. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I muttered a word I knew was nonsense and stood up and walked into the bedroom, making sure to close the door that led to the hallway. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

But on hearing the old potter’s mutterings, he lifted his head and turned back toward him. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

All the conversations in the room stop, and the silence they leave in their wake is worse than the muttering was. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Not much chance of that,” Conor muttered as she went to the hall mirror to check her lipstick. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“What they see? his father muttered, “is a poor man trying to serve the Lord. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Curtis,” my father muttered, “I thought we agreed to keep that to ourselves.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Little enough left," Osha muttered as she blinked down on their stores. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

One or two of the sleeping children muttered or whimpered in their sleep as he passed, and the nun in the bed at the end gave a soft shuddering snore and turned over. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I went limp, hoping to lull him, then concentrated and muttered a binding against the man’s thick hand. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“They told us the harpy was just muttering gibberish. They stole her!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Maya muttered something under her breath that did not sound complimentary. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Grumbling and muttering to himself, the dwarf led them to what seemed to be the sheer face of a cliff. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Gum Baby climbed down my back and stalked around the raft with tiny footsteps, muttering to herself. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“I’m going outside for a minute,” I mutter. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“There’ll be trouble now,’’ one muttered, as he dragged the remains out from a half-opening while others held the survivors off with pointed sticks. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Reducio, ” Moody muttered, and the spider shrank back to its proper size. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Your father and his fancy foods,” she muttered. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

"Yeah,” she muttered, "price we pay for having the last bunk. Guess we’ll have to shower tomorrow.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

While our parents talked, Joey muttered to me, “Check it out. Some of these geeks still have mud on them.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good question,” Mr. McCracken mutters to his corned beef, but with a tone that tells me he’s talking to his wife. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Low voices mutter from around a corner ahead of us, and a flickering torch deepens the shadows the light can’t reach. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Before I can mutter my line, Oscar Mancini raises his hand. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

If Dad happened by he’d turn the light off, muttering about wasted electricity. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Every day,” I mutter, glancing back at Natalie, who is using her dress to fan herself. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I knew it, I knew it,” he muttered to himself. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

The other policeman mutters, “Let’s walk up the street.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Jay swallows, mutters, “Best thing I ever ate.” Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

"Three out five,” she muttered, "for a sloppy head counselor. Come on. Let’s finish your reports and get back to Chiron.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m fine,” Nico muttered, kicking folds of canvas off his legs. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He mutters these words, and I lift my eyebrows in disbelief. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He muttered more incantations as he reached into thin air and pulled out things I’m not sure I can describe, though I’ll try. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He muttered a reply that was largely unintelligible, and a few people muffled giggles into their hands. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“That’s a very good question,” he muttered, so quietly that I wondered if he was talking to himself. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Still the wife’s brother muttered that the husband was a lion disguised as a man and still he refused to do anything with his brother-in-law. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“Which is more than I can say about myself,” Madam muttered, gingerly rubbing the violet bruises on her wrist. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And I thought my mind was muddy as a chicken,” she muttered. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“Bathroom,” he muttered, and he left the room as fast as he could without running. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Rushing, degenerate mutter of noises I send out before me wherever I creep, like a dragon burning his way through vines and fog. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, we’ll see,” High John muttered, and I rolled my eyes. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He put his head in his hands and muttered something about calling in the press. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Someone should tell her personal copilot that His landings suck,” Miss Michigan muttered. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

And Wang Lung, without knowing what he said, muttered forth, “Well, and I do not know that I want anything.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“I’ve got the key to mine, but I’m not allowed to try it. Hang college!” muttered Laurie with an impatient sigh. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gollum often paused, sniffing the air, and then he would mutter to himself and urge them to greater speed. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Connor says, “Dinosaurs!” at the same time as I mutter, “The Treaty of Paris.” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She listened intently, muttering sacred prayers along with profanities below her breath. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

"Ah," the old man muttered into his plums. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“There weren’t that many of us in the same grade,” I mutter. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The old man grasped the bowl in his shriveled, knotty fingers, muttering, uttering little grunts. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“I have a key,” I muttered, turning the knob. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Like my family changed,” Ben mutters, still typing. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

I muttered to myself over and over, clutching a copy of the World. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lola was pacing the floorboards, one hand to her brow as she skimmed through the first pages of the play, muttering the lines from the prologue. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The women in the queue are muttering, intrigued or scandalized or both. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Hermione sighed and set to work, muttering under her breath as she transformed various aspects of Ron’s appearance. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

"A game stud," he muttered, "a most game stud!" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a ripple of muttering at this: Neville’s brows contracted. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Benedict said with open eyes now,” Reynie muttered, almost to himself. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Whatever. You just better not be my partner,” Dimple muttered, turning back to her pizza. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Yes, yes, all right,” he muttered, looking over to the church. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Put those tools back in the right order,” she muttered over her shoulder as she left. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

My mother mutters the last words under her breath. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Someone behind Matt muttered,“The old vampire. So he managed to crawl out of the coffin again.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rupa climbed up behind him, and he could hear her mutter as her sari caught on the thorns. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Hard to know what to believe these days,” muttered Dirk. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

"Fine," he muttered, not taking his eyes off Barbarossa. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

‘I didn’t ought to have left my blanket behind,’ muttered Sam; and lying down he tried to comfort Frodo with his arms and body. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

About the only audience he could count on was a bearded character everyone called the Mad Russian, who had been wandering Sequim’s streets barefoot and muttering to himself for as long as anyone could remember. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

‘Then you know or guess something about this rider?’ said Pippin, who had caught the muttered words. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

‘I said I’d carry him, if it broke my back,’ he muttered, ‘and I will!’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Don’t look, but look to the left,” she mutters. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Charlie mutters, “What a bunch of phonies,” and I’m not sure if he’s talking about our classmates or the Finch family or the entire congregation. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Barbarossa muttered something unfriendly before grumpily trudging ahead. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes..." muttered a few kids as a few kids muttered, “No..." Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The silence seemed to go on interminably, before either Mr Smith or Mr Jones found it in him to mutter: 'I suppose we were talking a little out of turn there. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I went to call him to supper one afternoon and I heard him muttering in the dusk. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone hits what sounds like a gong, and the shouts gradually stop, though the mutters don’t. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I ran full out, almost tripping over the huddled shape of Minerva where she sat, crouched on the ground, rocking back and forth and muttering words I couldn’t pickup. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z