grumble

They grumble, especially those elected for the first time last year, about a leader's office lacking in direction, fight, even a willingness to acknowledge their existence.

The growing strain on the island had produced plenty of eye-rolls and grumbles, but this month events took a sombre turn.

Coming out of the City Ground on Saturday, along with frustration at a second-successive home loss, supporters also grumbled at the decision to award Sunderland the free-kick that led to the goal.

“Too soft, too stately,” a critic friend grumbled at Telluride.

Visual artists who labored on the Sphere project have justly grumbled that their sweat has gotten publicly dismissed as AI.