grump
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But as he bickers amusingly with his old friend Roger, the kindly grump who owns the store, she is too bone-weary to engage.
From New York Times ● Sep. 21, 2023
“I didn’t want her to look like a grump schoolmistress,” Atwood said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2023
It's the kind of Charles we've seen before, the inflexible grump of Prince Harry's "Spare," the icy antagonist of the Diana arc of "The Crown."
From Salon ● May 5, 2023
One is a cynical grump whose cold-hearted plot to steal Christmas dampens the festive mood.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2022
“I can assure you that being a grump about it is only going to make things harder” she said.
From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez
The cabin creates a serious, smart and sophisticated space—perhaps too clever by half, for some grumps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026
But the spat punctures any suggestion that the Budget will end grumps and strops inside the party.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2025
Both feature expert, vanity-free performances — from Michelle Williams and Thomas Schubert, respectively — playing such memorably self-serious grumps that you almost want to see them co-star in a crossover rom-com sequel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2023
Other hall-of-fame comedies, like “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and “Cheers,” had wits and jesters and clowns mixed in among the goody-goodies and grumps.
From New York Times ● Sep. 5, 2019
Daily, all day, from inside the wagon, Caesar grumps.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
