grump
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"I would be such a grump," says Caitlin Andrew, recalling her teenage self on walks with her parents.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
The sharpest movies about New York’s art scene — including 1996’s “Basquiat,” starring future “American Fiction” grump Jeffrey Wright — capture something relentless about the city.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2024
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
The power of negative thinking: These books give you permission to be a grump.
From New York Times ● Jul. 31, 2022
Zane had little hope that the grump of an old man had anything that could earn Zane even a penny, but he was .
From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff
What a blow to grumps who chuckle when a New York team endures a miserable season, of which plenty remain, thanks to those Mets, Giants, Rangers and, of course, the pratfalling Jets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
I have grown into one of those grumps who is wary of how easily we throw around honorifics like “legendary” and “GOAT.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025
But the spat punctures any suggestion that the Budget will end grumps and strops inside the party.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2025
But now they are also philosophers, political sages, conspiracy-mongers, grumps, rebels and outcasts.
From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2021
Mrs. March was very busy trying to finish a letter, which must go at once, and Hannah had the grumps, for being up late didn’t suit her.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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