How to Use grumpy in a Sentence

grumpy

adjective

• Our neighbor is a grumpy old man.
• I was feeling grumpy after my long flight.
• Nuñez has been doing this long enough to know how to avoid the grumpy ones.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 July 2022
• The water is high and cold, the fish grumpy and disinclined to rise.
  — Charles McGrath, The New Yorker, 3 May 2021
• Nicklaus looked lumpy and came across as equal parts cocky and grumpy.
  — Dale Robertson Staff Writer, San Antonio Express-News, 11 June 2018
• But the Sixers did just enough to make the players less grumpy about the hassle.
  — USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2018
• Or the one about the grumpy old man who wants those immigrant teens to get off his lawn?
  — Freep.com, 5 Jan. 2020
• The two looked grumpy, but also very chic slouching about on a ledge.
  — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 7 Apr. 2018
• But even this grumpy ol' wise man wrestled with his own code.
  — Dan Snierson, EW.com, 17 Aug. 2022
• Rodgers is quirky and grumpy, and part of him does love being a Green Bay Packer.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 10 Jan. 2022
• Part of me wants to be grumpy that DJI is buzzing drones around Everest, but the footage is amazing.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 26 Aug. 2022
• Even the great Francis Guinan, playing the grumpy King of France, demurs to this life force.
  — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2022
• When Ana wakes up, Christian's all like, drunk and grumpy and wearing a tux.
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 9 Feb. 2018
• At one point, a classic NYC grumpy man throws a glass of water at him.
  — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 12 May 2021
• The car spun in listless circles around my bed, came to a grumpy stop, and meowed at me.
  — Luke Winkie, Vox, 7 Aug. 2019
• The scene finds Jamie and Claire in their wagon, being stopped by a grumpy group of Redcoats.
  — Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, 15 Jan. 2018
• Here's why some people are grumpy about the live-action ''Snow White'' movie.
  — USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2023
• In the end, the show posits a can’t-we-all-find-a-middle-ground message, and the grumpy old teacher ends up evolving the most.
  — Kiuko Notoya, New York Times, 29 May 2024
• The three-hour drive from Boulder has left me a little nauseous and grumpy.
  — Cedar Wright, Outside Online, 9 Apr. 2018
• Yours truly, sometimes a get-off-my-lawn GOM — grumpy old man, thank you — has missed the boat.
  — Rick Armstrong, chicagotribune.com, 4 Dec. 2020
• That being said, don’t be grumpy if you get packed like sardines and shoved around.
  — Kaila White, azcentral, 20 Mar. 2018
• So rather than just be the grumpy old (or at least middle-aged) man in the room, I was offered a chance to state my case.
  — Weldon B. Johnson, azcentral, 11 Dec. 2019
• He and the grumpy flower girl from Will and Kate’s 2011 wedding photos should hang out.
  — Emma Stefansky, Vanities, 20 May 2017
• See what unfolds as the ghosts of Christmas past pay a visit to the grumpy Ebenezer Scrooge.
  — Houston Chronicle, 5 Dec. 2019
• The grumpy old man has one Christmas Eve left to face his past and build a better future.
  — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 23 Nov. 2022
• Is there any way to bring up better use of on-the-clock time without coming off as the grumpy tech nerd?
  — Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2021
• Somehow she was survived by two fat kids and one grumpy old kid.
  — Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 7 June 2017
• The bad news, Washington should be grumpy coming to town.
  — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 8 Sep. 2021
• And of course, never inflict your little grumpy pants on others.
  — Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2024
• Even missing just a few hours of sleep can turn the most stable person into a grumpy, unproductive mess the next day.
  — Valentina Bottoni, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 4 Dec 2024