How to Use grumbling in a Sentence

grumbling

noun

• As Hormes neared North’s record, the grumbling began to grow.
  — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 23 May 2022
• Harrison read of the grumbling in the British press the next morning.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2022
• As of Thursday, Freeze hadn’t heard any grumblings of guys leaving the program.
  — Ainslie Lee | [e-mail], al, 17 Aug. 2023
• Enough with the grumbling about Padres manager Bob Melvin.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2023
• Bridges retired the next batter, Rice, on a groundout, and all that was left was the grumbling from Tigers players.
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 1 June 2020
• Even the players, after some initial grumbling in spring training, came around to the idea.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 11 July 2023
• The grumbling since Germany’s 2-1 loss to Japan on Wednesday would resume.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 27 Nov. 2022
• Ignore the inevitable grumbling from players and long-term fans (a.k.a.
  — Paul Newberry, ajc, 3 Mar. 2023
• This caused much grumbling among the fishing guides with whom Ikonomou visited.
  — Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 16 July 2023
• Yes, there was a little grumbling for those players maybe not used to pushing that hard but most are ready for the demands placed on them.
  — Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 20 Sep. 2022
• And despite the online grumblings over its prices, Taco Bell's bottom line doesn't appear to have taken a hit quite yet.
  — Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2024
• This grumbling wasn’t enough to put off aficionados and collectors, though.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 9 Apr. 2024
• Another said the water-cooler talk ranged from strong approval to mild grumbling.
  — Annabelle Timsit, Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2023
• In a vote that’s sure to cause no grumbling whatsoever, readers ranked Birmingham No. 16 among cities and Huntsville No. 18.
  — al, 7 Mar. 2023
• The grumbling about the uniforms, which are designed by Nike and produced by Fanatic, has continued.
  — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 27 Feb. 2024
• But as the prices of basic goods soar while the state spends heavily on flashy megaprojects, grumblings of discontent here are growing louder.
  — Claire Parker, Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2023
• There was more than a little grumbling among the Aztec Faithful about a situation that occurs all too often.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Nov. 2022
• On the other hand, your method could take more work than everyone was expecting, so there may be some grumblings while putting it into action.
  — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2023
• Authors have long known that that they're being taken for a ride; now, what had been low-level grumbling has broken out into vocal anger.
  — Mike Taylor, Discover Magazine, 21 Feb. 2012
• But his grumblings, in her characterization, boiled down to wanting more control over the project.
  — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 2 Nov. 2023
• Regardless, there will definitely be some grumbling as people get used to the new layout.
  — Amrita Khalid, The Verge, 5 Dec. 2023
• Still, despite some grumbling, players seemed to have adopted quite nicely, with just 1.30 pitch timer violations per game this spring.
  — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2023
• The grumbling follows a 60% year-to-date decline in Tesla shares, a drop that exceeds legacy automakers like Ford and General Motors.
  — Byjacob Carpenter, Fortune, 14 Dec. 2022
• Swift’s arrival brought her fans and traffic, and grumblings followed, Vulture reported.
  — Tamia Fowlkes, BostonGlobe.com, 11 July 2023
• More bedrooms make apartments easier to share with other college students, which has been at the root of our grumbling: Our landlord’s fostering of transience.
  — Scott Korb, Longreads, 26 May 2020
• The movie will certainly elicit grumblings from Indy’s real-life colleagues.
  — Petar Parvanov, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2023
• If yours was too, this colorful set of handwoven Colombian placemats is a way to thank Mom for honing your tablescaping skills at an early age—despite your grumbling.
  — Lauren Joseph, Bon Appétit, 22 Apr. 2022
• There have also been grumblings from some traditionalists (of the rare book, not the Rodgers and Hammerstein, variety), along with some resignation.
  — Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2024
• Or is this just the idle grumbling of a member of a crotchety generation who believes in the character-building magic of walking barefoot to school or working a 5 a.m. paper route for pocket change?
  — Guest Blogger, Discover Magazine, 15 Mar. 2013
• The crisis has led to an outpouring of sardonic grumblings on Chinese social media and the inevitable pushback from officials.
  — Charlie Campbell, Time, 6 June 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024