Examples of curmudgeon in a Sentence
At his quirky best, the elder Cooper is a curmudgeon right out of central casting, grumpy old man meets borscht-belt crank. He really does fiddle with his hearing aid and yell, "What? I can't hear you," only to chide you afterward that there's no need to shout.
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Norah Vincent, New York Times Book Review, 19 Feb. 2006
We were in Edinburgh visiting the in-laws. I was, as usual, being a grumpy old curmudgeon. My people don't travel well.
—David Mamet, Jafsie and John Henry Essays, 1999
Oh, he had the reputation for being a curmudgeon, and he didn't suffer fools gladly, and often he seemed to have no tolerance for people at all.
—Robertson Davies, The Lyre of Orpheus, 1989
only a curmudgeon would object to the nursing home's holiday decorations
Norah Vincent, New York Times Book Review, 19 Feb. 2006
We were in Edinburgh visiting the in-laws. I was, as usual, being a grumpy old curmudgeon. My people don't travel well.
—David Mamet, Jafsie and John Henry Essays, 1999
Oh, he had the reputation for being a curmudgeon, and he didn't suffer fools gladly, and often he seemed to have no tolerance for people at all.
—Robertson Davies, The Lyre of Orpheus, 1989
only a curmudgeon would object to the nursing home's holiday decorations
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The comedy community, meanwhile, was shocked, too, because Hoffman is mostly known as a curmudgeon.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 5 Mar. 2025
Amid Baldwin’s chaotic home life with his seven young children, his wife Hilaria Baldwin tries to depict him as a lovable curmudgeon who’s often misunderstood because of his famously volatile personality.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
Even those who loved Katz described him as a curmudgeon whose feistiness fueled his larger-than-life personality.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 29 Jan. 2025
Alice Scott, an optimistic writer chasing her big break, and Hayden Anderson, a Pulitzer-winning curmudgeon, find themselves on Little Crescent Island competing to write the biography of Margaret Ives, a reclusive heiress with a scandalous past.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 18 Jan. 2025
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Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 5 Mar. 2025
Amid Baldwin’s chaotic home life with his seven young children, his wife Hilaria Baldwin tries to depict him as a lovable curmudgeon who’s often misunderstood because of his famously volatile personality.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
Even those who loved Katz described him as a curmudgeon whose feistiness fueled his larger-than-life personality.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 29 Jan. 2025
Alice Scott, an optimistic writer chasing her big break, and Hayden Anderson, a Pulitzer-winning curmudgeon, find themselves on Little Crescent Island competing to write the biography of Margaret Ives, a reclusive heiress with a scandalous past.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 18 Jan. 2025
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“Curmudgeon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/curmudgeon. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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curmudgeon
noun
cur·mud·geon
kər-ˈməj-ən 
: a grumpy and usually old man
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