curmudgeon
Example Sentences
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Duvall drew on his inner curmudgeon throughout his career.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026
The L.A. comedy scene’s favorite curmudgeon is still finding the will to propel himself forward, hurtling over one existential crisis after another.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025
Without their love story, we might never have seen Bill as anything other than a belligerent survivalist and eternal curmudgeon Joel knew him to be.
From Salon • May 26, 2025
And instead of turning into a cantankerous curmudgeon lamenting the endless change in the worlds he worked — sports and newspapers — Stone embraced their evolution.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 1, 2023
Dad says his uncle was a charming curmudgeon, which I think means grumpy with some niceness thrown in.
From "Crenshaw" by Katherine Applegate
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
