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to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely
the kind of person who wouldn't be happy if she didn't have something to grizzle about
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Recent Examples of grizzled
Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
After the events of the first season, the HBO series’ dual protagonists—Joel (Pedro Pascal), a grizzled smuggler, and Ellie (Bella Ramsey), his impetuous surrogate daughter—decided to settle in Jackson, Wyoming, joining perhaps the only remaining human outpost governed by hope rather than by fear.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2025
The grizzled, affable founder of Kea Divers, Tzavelakos was the catalyst for the creation of the Kea Underwater Historic Site, which was designated as a marine conservation park in 2022 and includes three shipwrecks.
—Rachel Howard, Travel + Leisure, 14 Apr. 2025
Bernthal's grizzled spy only shows up in two scenes with Charlie, but the director reveals that was always the plan and that no additional scenes were filmed and cut.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 9 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
Keith Richards is known first and foremost as the grizzled guitar legend of The Rolling Stones.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
After the events of the first season, the HBO series’ dual protagonists—Joel (Pedro Pascal), a grizzled smuggler, and Ellie (Bella Ramsey), his impetuous surrogate daughter—decided to settle in Jackson, Wyoming, joining perhaps the only remaining human outpost governed by hope rather than by fear.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2025
The grizzled, affable founder of Kea Divers, Tzavelakos was the catalyst for the creation of the Kea Underwater Historic Site, which was designated as a marine conservation park in 2022 and includes three shipwrecks.
—Rachel Howard, Travel + Leisure, 14 Apr. 2025
Bernthal's grizzled spy only shows up in two scenes with Charlie, but the director reveals that was always the plan and that no additional scenes were filmed and cut.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 9 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grizzled
Adjective
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Since Trump is not a Red-baiter, Clooney must adjust his hoary defense of the Democratic Party to fit the left’s new partisanship.—
Armond White,
National Review,
30 Apr. 2025
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Forget that hoary old prophecy about the kid who'll bring balance to the Force.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
24 Apr. 2025
Verb
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On March 4, 2021, Williams complained to Rollins that everyone was still ignoring his advice.—
Joshua Kaplan,
ProPublica,
4 Jan. 2025
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Sepulveda complained about the judge’s biased views with Mexican American Bar Association members.—
Richard J. Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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During cold weather the moisture precipitates out of the air onto every branch and willow bush, coating them in a layer of hoar frost.—
Seth Adams,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 May 2023
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Surface hoar is created when water vapor is deposited on the snow surface, like dew.—
Lisa M. Krieger,
The Mercury News,
18 Jan. 2024
Adjective
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Originally built in 1928, the home sits on an elevated 1.11-acre land bluff with 200 feet of private sandy beach space.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 May 2025
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Bryan Cranston doled out $2.5 million back in 2007 for a 1940s bungalow along the northern edge of Southern California’s Ventura County coastline, primarily for its secluded stretch of sandy beach and endless ocean views.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
9 May 2025
Adjective
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Polley and cinematographer Luc Montpellier shoot the story in a muted palette, not quite sepia but not quite color either, reflecting the limited world of its characters.—
Lindsey Bahr,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Jan. 2023
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The harsh, desaturated look of Luc Montpellier’s cinematography — not quite black-and-white, not quite sepia — establishes an ambiance of persistent, disorienting unreality.—
Justin ChangFilm Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Dec. 2022
Adjective
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More white people claim the credit than Black people certainly.—
Tax Notes Staff,
Forbes,
14 Feb. 2023
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The only racial group that saw a decrease in suicide rates across age cohorts was non-Hispanic white people.—
Ellen Barry,
BostonGlobe.com,
11 Feb. 2023
Verb
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For decades, Yankees players, for the most part, grumbled but complied.—
Marc Edelman,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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Some Russian cheerleaders of the war grumbled on social media that a deal with the United States could sell out the soldiers on the battlefield.—
Anton Troianovski,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The urologist’s face, lit by the glow of these images, was ashen.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2025
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As the trial got underway, her clients sat ashen at the defense table.—
J. David Goodman,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2025
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