How to Use grumbling in a Sentence

grumbling

noun

• The mayor has heard the grumblings.
  — Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 14 May 2026
• But the grumbling sidesteps a sharp question.
  — Chris Stokel-Walker, Scientific American, 19 June 2026
• As Hormes neared North’s record, the grumbling began to grow.
  — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 23 May 2022
• And the owner certainly didn’t miss the grumbling about any of that.
  — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
• Harrison read of the grumbling in the British press the next morning.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2022
• For all her grumbling, Virginia was starting to enjoy the work.
  — Literary Hub, 7 Jan. 2026
• Even the players, after some initial grumbling in spring training, came around to the idea.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 11 July 2023
• This caused much grumbling among the fishing guides with whom Ikonomou visited.
  — Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 16 July 2023
• This grumbling wasn’t enough to put off aficionados and collectors, though.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 9 Apr. 2024
• Expect to hear grumblings about that early in 2026.
  — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Aug. 2025
• Yes, there was a little grumbling for those players maybe not used to pushing that hard but most are ready for the demands placed on them.
  — Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 20 Sep. 2022
• Another said the water-cooler talk ranged from strong approval to mild grumbling.
  — Annabelle Timsit, Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2023
• As of Thursday, Freeze hadn’t heard any grumblings of guys leaving the program.
  — Ainslie Lee | [email protected], al, 17 Aug. 2023
• While the grumblings ring true, the alliance and investments did buy the Gulf an umbrella.
  — Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 6 Mar. 2026
• Regardless, there will definitely be some grumbling as people get used to the new layout.
  — Amrita Khalid, The Verge, 5 Dec. 2023
• Bridges retired the next batter, Rice, on a groundout, and all that was left was the grumbling from Tigers players.
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 1 June 2020
• The grumbling about Brendel has subsided.
  — Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 20 Dec. 2025
• Only occasional grumbling has been heard from the White House.
  — Trudy Rubin, Mercury News, 22 Nov. 2025
• On the other hand, your method could take more work than everyone was expecting, so there may be some grumblings while putting it into action.
  — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2023
• Authors have long known that that they're being taken for a ride; now, what had been low-level grumbling has broken out into vocal anger.
  — Mike Taylor, Discover Magazine, 21 Feb. 2012
• But his grumblings, in her characterization, boiled down to wanting more control over the project.
  — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 2 Nov. 2023
• But as the prices of basic goods soar while the state spends heavily on flashy megaprojects, grumblings of discontent here are growing louder.
  — Claire Parker, Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2023
• And despite the online grumblings over its prices, Taco Bell's bottom line doesn't appear to have taken a hit quite yet.
  — Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2024
• The grumbling since Germany’s 2-1 loss to Japan on Wednesday would resume.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 27 Nov. 2022
• Of course, YouTube’s immense scale is also the source of the most grumbling from its studio and streaming competitors.
  — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025
• Swift’s arrival brought her fans and traffic, and grumblings followed, Vulture reported.
  — Tamia Fowlkes, BostonGlobe.com, 11 July 2023
• The movie will certainly elicit grumblings from Indy’s real-life colleagues.
  — Petar Parvanov, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2023
• There was more than a little grumbling among the Aztec Faithful about a situation that occurs all too often.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Nov. 2022
• Despite considerable grumbling over parking policies, many people also seem to enjoy how the city now has fewer cars.
  — Nick Romeo, The New Yorker, 4 May 2022
• The grumbling about the uniforms, which are designed by Nike and produced by Fanatic, has continued.
  — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 27 Feb. 2024