Example Sentences

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I guess the grouches can let a meh day in the team combined or an 11th place in the giant slalom spoil their vibe, but Mikaela Shiffrin is restored as an Olympic champion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

Though he became most celebrated for his endearing grouches, Alan Arkin was a versatile performer, equally capable of drama or comedy, with an idiosyncratic knack for combining the two.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2023

Yogi Berra had a good line for the grouches and snobs who complained about such things in New York City, of all places: “It’s too crowded, nobody goes there anymore.”

From Slate • Jun. 7, 2021

Some portrait sitters come across as stiffs or grouches.

From New York Times • Dec. 24, 2020

I don’t like them because they’re grouches; I don’t like them because they’re cheap; I don’t like their names, nor their faces, nor the town they live in.

From Young Wallingford by Chester, George Randolph