Muttered in example sentence
Sancho muttered this somewhat aloud, and his master overheard him, and asked, "What art thou muttering there, Sancho?""I'm not saying anything or muttering anything," said Sancho; "I was only saying to myself that I wish I had heard what your worship has said just now before I married; perhaps I'd say now, 'The ox that's loose licks himself well.'"