Example Sentences

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After receiving such a phone call on Sunday night, Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk grumpily told his podcast audience on Monday, “I’m done talking about Epstein for the time being.”

From Salon • Jul. 16, 2025

He had to, he said grumpily the other day, “to explain why I am driving so slowly.”

From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2024

Though Rosenblatt grumpily refused to look at Matthews, the “Hardball” host “extended nothing but bonhomie to me, smiling and nodding graciously.”

From Washington Post • Jun. 4, 2020

And I worry Harry might one day rue the words of his fictional Hell Close neighbor Mrs. Christmas, who grumpily complains about the out-of-touch weirdoes who’ve come to her quiet block.

From Slate • Jan. 22, 2020

The Fat Lady was snoozing and not pleased to be woken, but swung forward grumpily to allow them to clamber into the mercifully peaceful and empty common room.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling