grumbling appendix

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noun

informal a condition in which the appendix causes intermittent pain but appendicitis has not developed

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Words nearby grumbling appendix

gruffy, grugru, gruiform, grum, grumble, grumbling appendix, grume, grummet, grumous, grump, grumphie

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Example sentences from the Web for grumbling appendix

Spall plays him brilliantly as a grumbling, grunting beast of a man whose sensitivity and kindness emerges slowly.
Mike Leigh Is the Master Filmmaker Who Hates Hollywood|Nico Hines|October 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The longtime justice, appointed by President Clinton, added a lengthy appendix of evidence he found relevant to his dissent.
The Supreme Court Rules Campaign Limits Are for Losers|Ben Jacobs|April 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Now the grumbling is getting louder—and increasingly it focuses on the president himself.
Don’t Call It a Frum-Back: What’s Changed After Three Months Away|David Frum|September 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Liberals have been grumbling for a while about the Obama administration.
Don’t Call It a Frum-Back: What’s Changed After Three Months Away|David Frum|September 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Spitzer rolled his eyes at the interruption, grumbling a perfunctory “very funny.”
Eliot Spitzer Mobbed by Press, Heckled at First Campaign Stop|David Freedlander|July 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I shall then give an account of my various excursions in an Appendix, and afterwards resume the thread of my journal.
A Woman's Journey Round the World|Ida Pfeiffer
In spite of this there was no grumbling, and the men, as their general reported, pressed on with cries of "Vive la Rpublique!"
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
The geological character of this rock is more fully treated upon in the Appendix by my friend Dr. Fitton.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2]|Phillip Parker King
See Appendix I for the exact facts which were not known to me until long afterwards.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
Meanwhile, both the disciples of Somers and the disciples of Trenchard were grumbling at Harley's resolution.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay

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