grump

Example Sentences

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The sharpest movies about New York’s art scene — including 1996’s “Basquiat,” starring future “American Fiction” grump Jeffrey Wright — capture something relentless about the city.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2024

But as he bickers amusingly with his old friend Roger, the kindly grump who owns the store, she is too bone-weary to engage.

From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2023

It's the kind of Charles we've seen before, the inflexible grump of Prince Harry's "Spare," the icy antagonist of the Diana arc of "The Crown."

From Salon • May 5, 2023

One is a cynical grump whose cold-hearted plot to steal Christmas dampens the festive mood.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2022

“He’s just an old grump, you know how turtles are.”

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman