crotchety

Example Sentences

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From a crotchety neighbor who yelled at her daughters, she learned that responding with a homemade peach pie can establish a more harmonious relationship with a person undergoing his own private travails.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2025

This is a place where everyone knows everyone else and might find stuck-in-their-ways folks like Harry to be charming or crotchety.

From Salon • Feb. 6, 2025

The Grumpy Café may not sound like the friendliest place to grab a coffee but inside the large, warm meeting place in the centre of Hastings, the atmosphere is anything but crotchety.

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2023

Ninety-four-year-old James Hong, the film’s crotchety patriarch, reflected at the SAGs on Hollywood’s dismal history of depicting Asian and Asian-American life.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2023

He was a crotchety old grandfather and not at all accountable for how he came out.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith