grumpy
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It’s Karl-Anthony Towns and Mikal Bridges, whose maddening play once clogged up the text chains of grumpy Knicks fans, but now feel like family.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
He achieved greatness though an epic amplification of a uniquely L.A. positivity in which grumpy became wistful.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026
“Trips to China have made me grumpy and given me a bad attitude toward American-market EVs,” wrote Kevin Williams at InsideEVs.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 7, 2026
"You get grumpy when you get delays at airports but we should think about people who are dying."
From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2026
“Natalie...Maybe...Those two get grumpy when they don’t get enough sleep,” Chess said.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
But French fans, despite their tricolore turnouts up and down the East Coast, became even grumpier during their win over Iraq after enduring a lengthy delay and biblical downpour.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
"There are some similarities between me and my main character but she's much grumpier than me. I'd make a useless sleuth," said Perry.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
Brown said that people can be grumpier, more rigid, and worse problem solvers when they’re play-deprived.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 18, 2024
Or if a hive is in trouble and doesn’t have a queen, the bees tend to be a little grumpier.
From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2023
He looks even grumpier than he did before.
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
Five young Pallas's cats, dubbed the world's grumpiest feline for their sullen facial expressions, went on display at a zoo in Japan on Thursday.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
"He wouldn’t put his name on the list for a nursing home knowing nobody would take the cat, who has the grumpiest meow I've ever heard."
From Fox News ● Jan. 11, 2022
No’mani plays Amir as the grumpiest of the quartet, but he’s a winning grump.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 18, 2019
John seemed the grumpiest of men, but in key ways he was an optimist.
From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2018
The youngest child to the oldest, grumpiest elder would come daily just to see it.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
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