grouchy
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‘Lanterns’ star Kyle Chandler talks about his character Hal Jordan and the dynamic with John Stewart, his love of grouchy characters and that Episode 1 ending.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
In the A.I. age, Maggie Hennessy asserts, sparring with a grouchy maître d’ over the phone is part of what makes dining out great.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
A jubilant stadium, packed with Portugal fans, turned quiet and grouchy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
Here’s how that relates to my tax refund: I love the windfall, but my inner grouchy accountant knows it’s just my money returning with 0% APY.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 17, 2026
It’s a good thing I’m not the grouchy type, because then I might become sour and bad-tempered.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
Some surveys showed that mentioning it made voters grouchier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2023
Part of me was delighted by the intimacy and naturalness of these revelations, but a grouchier part was kind of like, “Hey, did I ask for your whole life story?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2019
Anderson gets even grouchier when dealing with his fellow critics, who have been "emotional collaborators" in all this madness.
From Time Magazine Archive
But when the Democratic Party's leading presidential hopeful visits Florida this week, he's likely to hear a grouchier refrain, something along the lines of, "It's about time!"
From Time Magazine Archive
He gave the boy’s aunt more paperwork to fill out and gestured for her to sit in the waiting room, which only made her grouchier yet.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
A little natural vitamin D can bring a sunny disposition to even the grouchiest of curmudgeons.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 20, 2021
Or perhaps Han bought the galaxy’s grouchiest food-preparation droid, who turned out to have glitchy programming anyway.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 5, 2016
He has most recently been in charge of mollifying the grouchiest of constituencies, New York City subway riders, while also raising their fares.
From New York Times ● Dec. 20, 2012
Director Matsumoto, a reigning comic on Japanese TV, manages a balance of farce and impending tragedy that would win the approval of the grouchiest child.
From Time ● Jul. 6, 2012
I would equip myself to be able to entertain the grouchiest, most blasé people.
From 21 by Frank Crane
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