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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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On the way back up to safety, another neighbor, a grouchy one, popped her head into the hall.
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Sloane Crosley, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
Muffin goes toe to toe with a real grouchy granny and comes out on top.
—Vanessa Armstrong, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2024
While YouTube had pranksters and beauty gurus, and Instagram had fashionistas and travel bloggers, Twitter had grouchy journalists, political flame wars, and niche humor.
—Kate Conger, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2024
To Patriots fans, who were fed up by decades of losing, their coach had good reason to be grouchy.
—Bill Pennington, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2024
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Sloane Crosley, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
Muffin goes toe to toe with a real grouchy granny and comes out on top.
—Vanessa Armstrong, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2024
While YouTube had pranksters and beauty gurus, and Instagram had fashionistas and travel bloggers, Twitter had grouchy journalists, political flame wars, and niche humor.
—Kate Conger, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2024
To Patriots fans, who were fed up by decades of losing, their coach had good reason to be grouchy.
—Bill Pennington, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2024
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“Grouchy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grouchy. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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