Example Sentences

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It can be viewed today on YouTube; I challenge anyone, no matter how grumbly or peevish, to watch it without laughing out loud.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2022

A: If you got to the show early, those grumbly people behind you had the chance to find somewhere else to stand.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2017

We should be bored of C.K. by now: he’s a grumbly, straight white man inching toward fifty; he releases new material constantly.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 7, 2017

Things got a bit grumbly between them, but Gordon was determined not to lose his little oasis, and in October 2008 he met with Mayor Ed Pawlowski.

From Washington Times • Jun. 27, 2015

His voice is grumbly and off-key, and hearing him makes me laugh.

From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender