How to Use curmudgeon in a Sentence

curmudgeon

noun

• The result should put a smile on the faces of even the dourest of curmudgeons.
  — Charlie Theel, Ars Technica, 14 Dec. 2019
• Even a stuck-in-her-ways curmudgeon like me can get on board with adding that gem to my routine.
  — Erin Flaherty, Marie Claire, 15 Jan. 2018
• But his views on the tech industry are those of a curmudgeon.
  — Alexander Zaitchik, The New Republic, 25 July 2019
• Things that get better with age: wine, cheese and Marc Maron’s curmudgeon act.
  — Andrew R. Chow, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2017
• Either way, the news media loves those stories of the great hero that is dashed to earth by the little curmudgeon.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023
• The side macro keys are a pain, though, and the curmudgeon in me would rather disable them than learn to move the keyboard from its bottom or right side.
  — Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 18 Feb. 2023
• In the show, he’s played by Ray Romano as more of a tender-hearted schlub than a true-blue curmudgeon.
  — Kate Knibbs, Wired, 4 May 2021
• My knee-jerk reaction was to be a curmudgeon and say all of them except high school.
  — Sherry Kuehl, Kansas City Star, 22 May 2024
• But there’s one Kansas City salad that even a greens curmudgeon like me will eat: the spinach and goat cheese salad at Spin!
  — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 28 May 2024
• The whole book is a complex ode to love and caring for your fellow human, but from a crusty, cursing curmudgeon of the best sort.
  — Dan Carsen, al, 6 Apr. 2021
• Goodstein can be a curmudgeon, and one of the pleasures of reading his books is to come across his personal views.
  — Sandra Dallas, The Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2017
• And, behind closed doors, not exactly the gruff curmudgeon who presents after his team drops a game (or even wins).
  — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024
• Harold Bornstein has the visage of an aged hippie and the demeanor of one of history's great curmudgeons.
  — Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 2 May 2018
• That’s a real turn of events for this endearing curmudgeon.
  — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 4 Jan. 2022
• The film follows Otto, an older man who has become a curmudgeon upon the loss of his wife from cancer.
  — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 13 Jan. 2023
• With each disembodied quote, with each one-way transmission, he is reduced to a Luddite and a curmudgeon and a hater and a snob and worse.
  — New York Times, 26 June 2018
• His influence can also be seen in the long line of lovable curmudgeon bosses who’ve graced sitcom screens in the years since Mary Tyler Moore.
  — Sarah Todd, Quartz, 1 Sep. 2021
• And in what’s increasingly a young man’s game, Freeman, wedged between the kids and the curmudgeons, remains the club’s dominant force.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 24 June 2019
• But Hank is the type of lovable curmudgeon that some viewers relate to so deeply that his mere involvement can create genuine stakes.
  — Joshua Alston, Variety, 17 Mar. 2023
• When put into real-life practice, the phrase can do remarkable things to change even the staunchest winter curmudgeon’s mood.
  — Vogue, 12 Nov. 2018
• Charles Grodin, the urbane actor who made his roles as a curmudgeon seem cool, died Tuesday at his home in Connecticut of bone marrow cancer.
  — Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2021
• Philip was known equally as a curmudgeon and a charmer who could quickly put nervous guests at ease with an easy (and sometimes outrageous) one-liner.
  — Kim Murphy, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2021
• Was Jeff – our curmudgeon who spent his free time reading Civil War tomes – taking selfies in the hospital?
  — Leo Dominguez, New York Times, 3 May 2023
• So, is Virgin River setting us up to say goodbye to our favorite curmudgeon?
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 9 Sep. 2023
• Press accounts called him everything from a millionaire curmudgeon to a civic saint.
  — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2022
• In addition to being a curmudgeon, Otto is a man in great emotional pain.
  — Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Jan. 2023
• Johnson, beloved for playing New Girl‘s secretly kind curmudgeon Nick Miller, was pretty much made for his role.
  — Judy Berman, Time, 17 Mar. 2022
• Even the crustiest curmudgeon couldn't argue about mothers and brothers not dying.
  — Daniel Pund, Car and Driver, 24 May 2020
• Marsh is widely respected in Britain but is sometimes described in news stories as a curmudgeon.
  — Christina Ianzito, Philly.com, 22 Oct. 2017
• This is only natural for a curmudgeon of my caliber; to mature is to make enemies.
  — Jason Kehe, Wired, 20 Oct. 2020

Last Updated: 21 Dec 2024