grouch
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But now that he’s gone, the hoodie-wearing coach even poked fun at his reputation as a grouch.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 4, 2024
In Giamatti’s hands, the dialogue of an erudite grouch sings.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 4, 2023
Discovery, is run by numbers grouch David Zaslav, whose primary interest in journalism seems to be his desire to stop its practitioners from saying mean things about him.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2023
Certainly, an uncharismatic grouch who pronounces his own name differently every other day is highly unlikely to do it.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2023
I sure hope the little grouch is worth it.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
I guess the grouches can let a meh day in the team combined or an 11th place in the giant slalom spoil their vibe, but Mikaela Shiffrin is restored as an Olympic champion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026
Though he became most celebrated for his endearing grouches, Alan Arkin was a versatile performer, equally capable of drama or comedy, with an idiosyncratic knack for combining the two.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2023
Yogi Berra had a good line for the grouches and snobs who complained about such things in New York City, of all places: “It’s too crowded, nobody goes there anymore.”
From Slate ● Jun. 7, 2021
Some portrait sitters come across as stiffs or grouches.
From New York Times ● Dec. 24, 2020
You aren’t going to let such grouches as Jeremiah and I spoil your belief in the absent sophs and juniors.
From Marjorie Dean College Freshman by Pauline Lester
We bellyached and we grouched, but really, we did nothing.
From Slate ● Apr. 16, 2024
It’s even possible that I grouched in the lobby afterward about poets and their ambiguities.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2017
“This isn’t fun,” the female crewmember grouched to her male mate.
From Washington Post
Though Michelangelo grouched about his immense Sistine task, there is no question of his mastery of pure fresco, which he had learned in Florence in 1488 from his master Ghirlandaio.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was the sort of man that crouched—and "grouched."
From The Way of the Wild by Harry Rountree
Beyond all the knowledge and talent, beyond the frequent smiles and occasional grouching, David was a guy who really cared.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 16, 2022
Thereafter, he spent a lot of time grouching about how little time he was being allotted.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 14, 2015
Indeed, the gulf between the detective's fearsome reputation and the bear-like grouching that colours his relationship with Kirov is a pleasure to rank alongside the richly detailed universe Watkins has fashioned for them both.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 22, 2013
Sometimes you need a sane summer vacation to see how habitual our sports grouching has become.
From Washington Post
And I don't want you to think that I'm grouching about hard luck, either.
From Roy Blakely, Pathfinder by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
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