grumpy
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A Gammonsesque bookend: Decades later, Joe DiMaggio bought the writer a drink because Mr. Gammons shooed an interviewer away from the notoriously private and grumpy Joltin’ Joe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Is he as grumpy and as irascible as he was in the first season?
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
His floppy ears, grumpy little face and paws you just want to shake hands with.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
If people see you not smiling you're not grumpy!
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
Everyone seemed quite grumpy about having to wait for lunch, and they were all relieved to see the tardy guests arrive.
From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster
They aren't as social as their alpine counterparts, Blumstein said, and the female marmots get grumpier as they age.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
But French fans, despite their tricolore turnouts up and down the East Coast, became even grumpier during their win over Iraq after enduring a lengthy delay and biblical downpour.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Brown said that people can be grumpier, more rigid, and worse problem solvers when they’re play-deprived.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 18, 2024
In an interview with The Guardian, Sudeikis said he originally conceived of Ted as a grumpier, more caustic figure.
From Salon ● May 16, 2023
Since Lynn had been sick, he’d been grumpier, but I’d never seen anything like tonight.
From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata
Five young Pallas's cats, dubbed the world's grumpiest feline for their sullen facial expressions, went on display at a zoo in Japan on Thursday.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
The grumpiest critics will argue that Mr. Reitman only delivered a frothy serving of the familiar, rehashing too much from the 1984 film for fan service akin to what J.J.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 2, 2022
"He wouldn’t put his name on the list for a nursing home knowing nobody would take the cat, who has the grumpiest meow I've ever heard."
From Fox News ● Jan. 11, 2022
“He wouldn’t put his name on the list for a nursing home knowing nobody would take the cat, who has the grumpiest meow I’ve ever heard.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 11, 2022
Even the grumpiest and sleepiest of the men stood up straight.
From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis
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