grumbling

Example Sentences

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Everyone is grumbling about what the effect will be on traffic, and that - along with safety concerns - is keeping some people home on both sides of the political divide.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

Back on Tasman Drive, tourists excitedly posed for pictures next to a speed bump sign as a grumbling resident glared at them.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

Macron also weighed in the president’s grumbling about leaving NATO.

From Salon • Apr. 2, 2026

He accumulated unprecedented power, restricted civil liberties and stepped up government surveillance on grumbling citizens.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

There were nine of us sharing our particular square, designed for four, and some grumbling as the others discovered they would have to make room for Betsie and me.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom