crotchety

Example Sentences

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The show, “Extremely Inappropriate!,” features a foul-talking, crotchety physical education teacher and widowed father who boards a public bus in 1986 Japan and finds himself whisked to 2024.

From New York Times • May 29, 2024

We of the more crotchety generations, however, suffered through the plaything’s shrill, maniacal giggles for a sustained period – months, years maybe.

From Salon • Feb. 9, 2024

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

Flora grows more forlorn with her husband’s every crotchety reply.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2023

Instead, there was the blithe unselfconciousness of some crotchety old Veteran of Foreign Wars—married for years, father of multitudes—who finds the topic infinitely repugnant and amusing.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt