Examples of grouchy in a Sentence
I get grouchy when I'm tired.
a lack of sleep would make anyone grouchy
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Townsend will play Norm Stinson, an excellent (and grouchy) veteran basketball coach who knows how to get the best out of his teams, but not always how to communicate.
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Denise Petski, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025
Leading up to kickoff of Belichick’s debut at Chapel Hill, college football, this community and certainly the TV networks were thrilled with the prospect of this grouchy old man turning an irrelevant football team into something worth watching.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Sep. 2025
When Vivian Powers went to foster a new kitten, she was pulled in by a cat's grouchy face.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 July 2025
Frye's comic foil was a grouchy widower played by George Gaynes, a character actor with credits going back 20 years who had just scored memorable roles in Tootsie and the Police Academy series.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 14 May 2025
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Denise Petski, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025
Leading up to kickoff of Belichick’s debut at Chapel Hill, college football, this community and certainly the TV networks were thrilled with the prospect of this grouchy old man turning an irrelevant football team into something worth watching.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Sep. 2025
When Vivian Powers went to foster a new kitten, she was pulled in by a cat's grouchy face.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 July 2025
Frye's comic foil was a grouchy widower played by George Gaynes, a character actor with credits going back 20 years who had just scored memorable roles in Tootsie and the Police Academy series.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 14 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for grouchy
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“Grouchy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grouchy. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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