grumbling
Example Sentences
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Molina plays Sam Cooper, a retired engineer — that will be important — being brought grumbling to the Boroughs, a posh, city-sized retirement community plopped down in the middle of the Southwestern desert.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
Everyone is grumbling about what the effect will be on traffic, and that - along with safety concerns - is keeping some people home on both sides of the political divide.
From BBC ● May 1, 2026
De Meo has also enlisted consultants from BCG, AlixPartners and Bain to support the restructuring, prompting some internal grumbling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
Macron also weighed in the president’s grumbling about leaving NATO.
From Salon ● Apr. 2, 2026
My stomach was grumbling from only eating my bagel at lunch, not my kimchi.
From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
