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Definition of Muttered
1. mutter [v] - See also: mutter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Muttered
Literary usage of Muttered
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1889)
"The Twas in heaven pronounced, and 'twas muttered iu hell ; Lut the accepted
reading, and the alteration • •rally assigned to James Smith of the * Rejected ..."
2. Hunger by Knut Hamsun (1920)
"To think he would not take them at any price, I muttered. They are almost new
buttons; I can't understand it. Whilst I stood, lost in thought, ..."
3. The Confessions of an English Opium-eater by Thomas De Quincey (1913)
"Still, at intervals through the gloomy vigils of his prison, you hear muttered
growls of impotent ..."
4. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"... Descend and cross the river's bed Where rises yonder cliff so gray." '
Do thou,' said Bertram, ' lead the way.' Then muttered, ' It is best make sure; ..."
5. The Talisman: A Tale of the Crusaders by Walter Scott (1878)
"... as a Spaniard or a Scot; and presently after muttered to himself—" And a Scot
it is—he of the Leopard. I have seen him fight indifferently well, ..."
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