grouchiness

Example Sentences

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The worry is that beyond the headaches and the grouchiness, the outpouring of joy will worsen rising coronavirus infection rates, particularly among younger men, many of whom have yet to receive a vaccine against COVID-19.

From Fox News • Jul. 8, 2021

It would have been easy to overdo Richard’s grouchiness, Rachel’s volatility or Sadie’s blithe, oversharing sense of entitlement, or to turn Charlie and Cynthia into cartoons of blundering dadness and high-flying helicopter maternalism.

From New York Times • Oct. 4, 2018

A similarly beautiful grouchiness sets the tone for Pamela Adlon’s “Better Things,” currently in its superb second season Thursday nights on FX.

From Washington Post • Oct. 16, 2017

Then there’s experimenting scientist Dr. Caldwell, played with pulpy, authoritarian grouchiness by a stern-faced Glenn Close.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2017

This was some version of what my mother would say if we got too wound up about the grouchiness downstairs.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama