How to Use grump in a Sentence

grump

noun

• Our neighbor is an old grump.
• Then again, being a grump is Payton's brand.
  — Matt Schubert, Denver Post, 26 Oct. 2025
• Go ahead and give in to the inner grump this Valentine’s Day.
  — Allison Hope, CNN, 13 Feb. 2023
• Cooper is a curmudgeonly old grump, brisque with his daughter and rude to his son-in-law.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
• Anyway, a few grumps are quibbling that there wasn't enough action, or advancing of the plot.
  — Kristi Turnquist, OregonLive.com, 17 July 2017
• Yet, as long as price levels remind people each week of price pain that has the power to sustain their grump.
  — Paul Swartz, Fortune, 22 Dec. 2021
• But what Perelman offers us at his best is not a parody of a time gone by, or the notebooks of a grump.
  — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2021
• Olivia Colman is just a sort of constant grump, garnished with the occasional fury.
  — Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2022
• If Annelle is a sweet bean, then Ouiser Boudreaux is the neighborhood grump.
  — Libby Smith, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
• Ressler tries to stall, but Nigel just takes off his suit jacket while a guard zip ties on our favorite FBI grump.
  — Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 6 Mar. 2023
• Hanks plays Otto Anderson, a grump who falls into a depression after his wife dies.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 22 Feb. 2023
• Sitting in an office, thumbing through pictures of someone mountain biking in the Alps is a surefire way to ignite your inner grump.
  — Ac Shilton, Outside Online, 20 Apr. 2018
• Thibs, as he is called, is a lovable grump and an enjoyable sideline presence who had a knack for wringing great, gritty performances out of his team of questing try-hards.
  — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 2 June 2026
• Hanks will play the curmudgeonly man who seems like the neighborhood grump, but starts to open up to other humans after a couple with two young daughters moves in next door.
  — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 31 Aug. 2022
• The occasional flash of fun in the film comes only when a character actor drops in on Chalamet and his band of grumps with a more vibrant take on the script.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2019
• While Hockney worked, Auden, as the artist recalled, played the part of the impatient, irritable grump.
  — Mark Rozzo, Vanity Fair, 12 June 2026
• Oscar-winner Simmons plays Frawley to perfection, allowing just a glimpse of the heart that lies beneath the grump.
  — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2022
• The Captain is the alter ego of the kids’ school principal, a real grump named Krupp (Ed Helms) who can’t stand laughter or those boys.
  — Soren Andersen, The Seattle Times, 1 June 2017
• The ranking comes from the number of one- and two-star ratings proportional to the population, plus a few other calculations on the grump-o-meter.
  — Christopher Muther, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Feb. 2018
• Conversely, the series' first two episodes flounder with Kate as a one-dimensional grump who shrugs her shoulders at some of the series' bigger logical leaps.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 18 Oct. 2019
• Even the hyper-opinionated grump David Embury can’t fully disabuse himself of the Zombie’s charms.
  — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 29 Oct. 2022
• In an amusing touch for viewers who can recognize Baker and know his craft, his character is a grump who has nothing but criticism for the Halloween décor.
  — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 26 Sep. 2025
• But beyond that, there’s a sense among sports fans in general — and hockey grumps in particular — that South Florida doesn’t deserve its success.
  — Adam H. Beasley, Miami Herald, 18 June 2025
• Like me, Twitter realized that Prince Louis and his early-afternoon grump must be a spiritual soulmate.
  — The Editors, Marie Claire, 8 June 2019
• However, George did join William and Kate on their tour of Australia in 2014 and was the grumpiest grump that ever grumped.
  — Katherine J. Igoe, Marie Claire, 24 June 2019
• And YassifyBot, a Twitter account that often goes viral, gave the world a dirty blond, wrinkle-free, femme version of the Christmas grump.
  — New York Times, 22 Dec. 2021
• More importantly, former grump/future husband Phillip (Chris Geere) looks at Kate in a way that will probably start to become more familiar this year.
  — Dan Snierson, EW.com, 25 Nov. 2021
• But Gohan can always count on Piccolo, his intimidating grump of a mentor, to not only push him toward reaching his full potential as a warrior but also give him lessons on being a good dad.
  — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2022
• Cross serves the town of Eddington as a useless figure of authority—a shiftless, asthmatic grump who mumbles complaints at lawbreakers and halfheartedly manages a staff of cops at his office.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 23 July 2025
• Youngman said Adelman was misunderstood and mischaracterized as something of a grump without personality.
  — Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2026