grumbled
Example Sentences
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But his internal critics long privately grumbled, and more recently increasingly publicly grumbled that this amounted to him all too often not being able to articulate what he did believe.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
"This is not a life," one of the relocated mothers grumbled.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
Tenants grumbled about rising HOA fees and prepared to take out their own trash and sort through their own packages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
Some of the criticism may be filtering up to the president, who has grumbled that Iran is still throttling most shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.
From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2026
“I wish I could climb a rock,” she grumbled.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
