grump

Example Sentences

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Mitts’ personality is reminiscent of Sam Sylvia, Maron’s lovable grump of a director on Netflix’s wrestling dramedy “GLOW.”

From Salon • Jun. 4, 2025

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

“I didn’t want her to look like a grump schoolmistress,” Atwood said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 21, 2023

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

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2022

Every now and again a language grump complains that the distinction between adverbs and adjectives is disappearing from English.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker