Ask and Mumble

Ask

Ask verb - To put a question or questions to.

Mumble and ask are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mumble" instead a verb "Ask".

Nearby Words: asked, asking

Mumble

Mumble verb - To speak softly and unclearly.
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Synonyms for Mumble

Ask and mumble are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ask" instead a verb "Mumble".

Nearby Words: mumbled, mumbling

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Common collocations

way ask way mumble way

Both words in one sentence

  • Flat-Earth Atheist So why do we build big chapels and sit around and mumble, and ask them to save us from this and that?
  • Guards in Dishonored frequently mumble to themselves about elixirs and the plague, or ask the other guard if they want to gather for whiskeys and cigars at night or how their sister's doing.
  • In Happy Feet, Mumble ends up trying to chase down a fishing boat in order to ask the "aliens" why they're taking the penguins' fish.
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