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Definition of Mumblings
1. mumbling [n] - See also: mumbling
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mumblings
Literary usage of Mumblings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Defenseless America by Hudson Maxim (1915)
"... that even at the worst His wrath could be appeased at any time, as necessity
might arise, by a few burnt offerings and sacrificial mumblings. ..."
2. The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal (1854)
"... servile noises—the moans of the hopeless, the sighs of broken hearts and
crushed spirits, the mumblings of abject superstition, the yawn of torpor, ..."
3. Wall-street to Cashmere by John B. Ireland (1859)
"Then succeeded, alternately, music, mumblings, and genuflexions, for two hours;
the people, mostly men, bowing, crossing, and pattering prayers, ..."
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