sour grapes

plural noun

Synonyms of sour grapes next

: disparagement of something that has proven unattainable

his criticisms are just sour grapes

Examples of sour grapes in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Meanwhile, snowboarders around the state, and perhaps even the country, were eating sour grapes. —

Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Sep. 2023 Why sour grapes? —

Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Mar. 2022 Out of those sour grapes came a business idea. —

Olivia Peluso, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023 There's no sour grapes in that. —

Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 31 Mar. 2022 What appeared to be sour grapes from a scorned city four years ago is turning into a nightmare for Kroenke and the NFL, as a longshot lawsuit heads toward trial in January, just in time to steal headlines from the Super Bowl at Kroenke’s showcase stadium Feb. 13. —

Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2021 Anything different or contradictory from her views is simply sour grapes. —

Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2023 Some Meta executives have spoken about the generative A.I. boom with a distinct air of sour grapes. —

Mike Isaac, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2023 The tongue desiccated and parched, the oversteeped and forgotten tea, the tilting-toward-decay fizziness of sour grapes. —

Stephanie Danler, Time, 4 Nov. 2022 See More

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