grump

Example Sentences

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Add to that the traditional hassles of tangled light strings and fraught family relations, and it’s no wonder that holiday Grump Trees are selling fast at Trader Joe’s.

From New York Times • Dec. 23, 2021

There will also be knitting and gift-wrapping classes, and free Grump grocery bags for the first 250 guests.

From Washington Post • Nov. 30, 2016

In today’s hipster New York, Josh is an early-onset codger—a kind of Forrest Grump.

From Time • Apr. 11, 2015

Grump, a black hobo born in South Dakota, agreed that a foreign journalist travelling through the Midwest qualified for the honour.

From Economist • Aug. 15, 2013

“Miss Grump got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning,” Mr. Morrison told me, winking to show he was teasing Lissa.

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn