How to Use grumble in a Sentence

grumble

verb

• Fans grumbled about the team's poor play.
• There's been a lot of grumbling among the employees.
• Some of the customers have been grumbling about poor service.
• We could hear thunder grumbling in the distance.
• When the fair is in town, some who live and work nearby grumble about the noise, the traffic, the mess and the crowd the event draws.
  — Lily Altavena, azcentral, 14 Mar. 2018
• The hype has caused some grumbling among the more old-school parts of the mineral world.
  — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2023
• Fans are grumbling about the state of the program, but that’s not new, either.
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2024
• Nothing in this plan, of course, would change the stuff that Sanders and his staff have been grumbling about.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 28 Aug. 2019
• The kids would rehearse slightly out-of-tune songs, grumbling on the side.
  — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 29 May 2023
• The older fans may still grumble, but most seem to still watch each week.
  — Greg Engle, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2021
• The newcomers didn’t abide by the rules of the water, the locals grumbled.
  — Amy Qin Callaghan O’Hare, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2023
• The change left many agents grumbling that the Border Patrol had gone soft.
  — A.c. Thompson, ProPublica, 16 Aug. 2019
• There’s no one to grumble with when the ump makes a bad call and, worse, no one to celebrate with when the ball sails out of the park.
  — Alan Smolinisky, WSJ, 4 Oct. 2020
• While some Corvette purists might grumble about it, most critics and fans seem to be pumped up.
  — Nathan Bomey, USA TODAY, 3 Dec. 2019
• Lots of people are grumbling about the $45 million bill.
  — Jen Kirby, Vox, 19 May 2018
• Of course, some cycling fans grumbled that doing away with the men’s race was not the answer.
  — Kathryn Bertine, Outside Online, 22 Aug. 2019
• The trash can shakes and the voice of Kapelczak grumbles that the plastic bottle should go in the recycling bin and not the trash can.
  — Julie Gallant, sandiegouniontribune.com, 8 June 2018
• Parisians are already grumbling about the crowds for this summer’s Olympics.
  — Catherine Porter, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2024
• And activists have grumbled that the party did not put enough muscle to get the bill over the finish line.
  — Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 12 June 2023
• For the rest of the week, Jerome remained sullen, only frowning at Tiny or grumbling her way.
  — Rion Amilcar Scott, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2019
• That doesn’t mean Max doesn’t grumble at times during the HBO series.
  — Chuck Barney, The Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2019
• The people of Kawama grumble that too much land has been sold to mining firms.
  — The Economist, 17 Oct. 2020
• In the interview, Trump also grumbled about the protests.
  — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 13 July 2018
• Plenty of players have and will grumble about this deal.
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Feb. 2020
• Last week, some on the right began grumbling about Kavanaugh.
  — Author: Ashley Parker, Robert Costa, Anchorage Daily News, 11 July 2018
• A lot of hunters grumble that deer hunting with dogs ruins the rest of their season or burns their best spots.
  — Adam Moore, Outdoor Life, 23 Jan. 2023
• That just means lots of office workers are grumbling about it.
  — Julie Jargon, WSJ, 9 Oct. 2018
• Fans and team analysts earned the right to grumble about the perennial .500 (or worse) team.
  — Lori Nickel, Journal Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2023
• Moderators didn't fact-check Harris, which led to grumbling of favoritism by Trump and his supporters, who claimed the debate had been three against one.
  — Phillip M. Bailey, USA TODAY, 11 Sep. 2024
• For a good portion of the night, Galaxy fans had reason to grumble, and those thousand or so fans in the upper corner of the stadium wearing black and gold had reason to savor the evening and anticipate yet another victory over the rival.
  — Jim Alexander, Orange County Register, 15 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 29 Nov 2024