grinch

Example Sentences

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Signs like “Seat belts are in, everybody’s wearing them” and “Don’t be a grinch, let them merge” are to be phased out by 2026.

From Slate • Jan. 23, 2024

I don’t mean to be a grinch; Christmas and New Year’s are worthy observations, not media distractions, but could the timing be worse?

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2023

Southwest Airlines was the grinch that stole this year’s Christmas for travelers across the country.

From Washington Post • Dec. 28, 2022

A variant first detected in India, known as delta, exploded across the South before blanketing the country, only to be upstaged by the new and faster-moving omicron variant, which played the Christmas grinch.

From Washington Times • Dec. 25, 2021

Photograph: Gilbert Carrasquillo/ FilmMagic Last night Mr Jack Dee, the grinch of standup comedy, brought the fourth series of his sitcom Lead Balloon to a close.

From The Guardian • Jul. 6, 2011