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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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Martin’s best scenes aren’t with Short or Gomez or (Andrea) Martin, but rather in an episode that foregrounds grouchy neighbor Uma, played by the always wonderful Jackie Hoffman.
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Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Aug. 2023
Stevens will take over voicing the character of Korvo, a grouchy alien who always wears ceremonial robes and professes to hate Earth.
—Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 June 2023
Towards the end of the footage, Mack and clan (which includes his grouchy uncle Dan, voiced by Danny DeVito) shack up with a rangy heron (voiced by Carol Kane) to wait out a storm.
—Ben Croll, Variety, 14 June 2023
Under the strict leadership of Miguel O’Hara (a very grouchy but always charming Oscar Isaac), the Spider Society works to protect the sacred timeline from caving in on itself.
—Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 7 June 2023
So, by the way, is Giancarlo Giannini as an Italian police officer who becomes Sharon’s teasingly grouchy nemesis.
—Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 9 May 2023
Accounts of children reconnecting with estranged and grouchy parents are hardly thin on the ground.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2023
But some mathematicians, especially some grouchy old-timers, question what category theory is really telling us about math that is new.
—Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 22 Mar. 2023
Siegfried Farnon is a protective, grouchy, and hyper-responsible control freak, but none of that is static.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2023
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Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Aug. 2023
Stevens will take over voicing the character of Korvo, a grouchy alien who always wears ceremonial robes and professes to hate Earth.
—Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 June 2023
Towards the end of the footage, Mack and clan (which includes his grouchy uncle Dan, voiced by Danny DeVito) shack up with a rangy heron (voiced by Carol Kane) to wait out a storm.
—Ben Croll, Variety, 14 June 2023
Under the strict leadership of Miguel O’Hara (a very grouchy but always charming Oscar Isaac), the Spider Society works to protect the sacred timeline from caving in on itself.
—Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 7 June 2023
So, by the way, is Giancarlo Giannini as an Italian police officer who becomes Sharon’s teasingly grouchy nemesis.
—Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 9 May 2023
Accounts of children reconnecting with estranged and grouchy parents are hardly thin on the ground.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2023
But some mathematicians, especially some grouchy old-timers, question what category theory is really telling us about math that is new.
—Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 22 Mar. 2023
Siegfried Farnon is a protective, grouchy, and hyper-responsible control freak, but none of that is static.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2023
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First Known Use
circa 1895, in the meaning defined above
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