grumpy
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Californians are in a “pretty grumpy mood,” Baldassare said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
A Gammonsesque bookend: Decades later, Joe DiMaggio bought the writer a drink because Mr. Gammons shooed an interviewer away from the notoriously private and grumpy Joltin’ Joe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Is he as grumpy and as irascible as he was in the first season?
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
But none of that guarantees he'll lead Labour to recover, let alone the enormous task of helping a grumpy country thrive.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
When he came to a stop, he gave me a grumpy look.
From "Crenshaw" by Katherine Applegate
But French fans, despite their tricolore turnouts up and down the East Coast, became even grumpier during their win over Iraq after enduring a lengthy delay and biblical downpour.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
"There are some similarities between me and my main character but she's much grumpier than me. I'd make a useless sleuth," said Perry.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
A little of both, I’d say, although with Biden, I don’t think of him as particularly grumpy, and there are times when being grumpier might help his cause.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2024
Or if a hive is in trouble and doesn’t have a queen, the bees tend to be a little grumpier.
From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2023
Professor Treebaun walked in a moment later, looking decidedly grumpier than usual at being called in so early to monitor a test he’d watched me fail less than twenty-four hours ago.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
Five young Pallas's cats, dubbed the world's grumpiest feline for their sullen facial expressions, went on display at a zoo in Japan on Thursday.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
"He wouldn’t put his name on the list for a nursing home knowing nobody would take the cat, who has the grumpiest meow I've ever heard."
From Fox News ● Jan. 11, 2022
No’mani plays Amir as the grumpiest of the quartet, but he’s a winning grump.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 18, 2019
Edward Davis, 85, an oil executive known for his withering office memos and nicknamed the “world’s grumpiest boss.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 26, 2016
Even the grumpiest and sleepiest of the men stood up straight.
From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis
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