And I called it the Muttering Hat, because it emitted these muttering noises that were kind of tethered to you, but you could detach them and share them with somebody else.

And my father, in a low voice, muttering, I'm just the youngest brother, there's nothing I can do.

Gray yellow hair, army pants under a nightgown, her turning away, hiding her ravaged face in her hands, muttering an inappropriate Hi.

De Gaulle was at Colombey, but returned immediately to Paris. An official who saw him in the corridor of the palace recalled him muttering What a business!

So, they went to the police and they said, We know that at the Rome railroad station, there are all these lost souls wandering around, muttering gibberish. Can you bring one of them to us?

On the fringes of public opinion, some people are even muttering suggestions that their countries should revert to their ancient national currencies which of course would only bring disaster in the form of an even more confusing state of affairs, as EU countries are indebted in euros. To quit the eurozone would only increase their level of indebtedness.