Examples of grumpy in a Sentence
Our neighbor is a grumpy old man.
I was feeling grumpy after my long flight.
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Twenty-six years after Home Improvement wrapped, the actress joined her former cast mates Richard Karn and Patricia Richardson in a scene in which Allen's grumpy protagonist Matt Parker begrudgingly attends a grief support group frequented by Charlotte (Nancy Travis).
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Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
Mika takes a job teaching three young witches, and getting to know a grumpy and overprotective librarian, Jamie, who is also in charge of their care.
—Audrey Goldberg Ruoff, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
Brooks is a grumpy NYPD detective trying to track down the mom, while Higgins is Brooks’ cop partner.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 22 Sep. 2025
The mobiles stir like birds or trees; the stabiles squat, grumpy and irregular, like walruses.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
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Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
Mika takes a job teaching three young witches, and getting to know a grumpy and overprotective librarian, Jamie, who is also in charge of their care.
—Audrey Goldberg Ruoff, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
Brooks is a grumpy NYPD detective trying to track down the mom, while Higgins is Brooks’ cop partner.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 22 Sep. 2025
The mobiles stir like birds or trees; the stabiles squat, grumpy and irregular, like walruses.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for grumpy
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“Grumpy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grumpy. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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