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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The Jim Henson Company created a menagerie of felt friends for host Christine McConnell to interact with on her variety show, including undead-and-loving-it raccoon Rose and a grumpy cat mummy named Rankle.
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Katie Rife, EW.com, 11 May 2025
Our protagonists are Alice Scott, an eternal optimist awaiting her big break, and Hayden Anderson, a grumpy Pulitzer Prize winner.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
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Cinema’s grumpiest golfer is back in the swing of things — with Bad Bunny costarring as his caddie.
—Jack Smart, People.com, 19 Apr. 2025
Bronte guesses that Joe and Kate’s real-life romance-novel trope grumpy/sunshine (or maybe grumpy/grumpy).
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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Katie Rife, EW.com, 11 May 2025
Our protagonists are Alice Scott, an eternal optimist awaiting her big break, and Hayden Anderson, a grumpy Pulitzer Prize winner.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
In theaters July 25 26 of 31 Happy Gilmore 2
Cinema’s grumpiest golfer is back in the swing of things — with Bad Bunny costarring as his caddie.
—Jack Smart, People.com, 19 Apr. 2025
Bronte guesses that Joe and Kate’s real-life romance-novel trope grumpy/sunshine (or maybe grumpy/grumpy).
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 24 Apr. 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 19 May. 2025.
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