sour grapes
Example Sentences
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"Absolutely terrible. Shocking. That is not sour grapes."
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
Index fund fans counter that claims of distortion are mostly sour grapes from fund managers struggling to outperform.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
“There’s some sour grapes on both the Democratic and the Republican sides about the way that things ended up playing out,” Wilson said.
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026
Was it sour grapes, then, when Jamie Dimon called out private-credit firms over the recent spate of bankruptcies hitting banks?
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2025
She sniffed, a clear case of sour grapes.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
