Example Sentences

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We bellyached and we grouched, but really, we did nothing.

From Slate • Apr. 16, 2024

It’s even possible that I grouched in the lobby afterward about poets and their ambiguities.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2017

“This isn’t fun,” the female crewmember grouched to her male mate.

From Washington Post

Though Michelangelo grouched about his immense Sistine task, there is no question of his mastery of pure fresco, which he had learned in Florence in 1488 from his master Ghirlandaio.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then he got red in the face, glared at Dodo, and grouched out a "beg pardon!"

From You Can Search Me by McHugh, Hugh