grumpy
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Helen said she thought her husband was "just being a grumpy middle-aged man"
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
Please note that the entry-level Model Y retains the previous, grumpy catfish face, for the sullen ichthyologist in your life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
If people see you not smiling you're not grumpy!
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
He achieved greatness though an epic amplification of a uniquely L.A. positivity in which grumpy became wistful.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026
Thankfully he hadn’t directed all that grumpy at me recently.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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
In an interview with The Guardian, Sudeikis said he originally conceived of Ted as a grumpier, more caustic figure.
From Salon ● May 16, 2023
The closer the fateful day came, the grumpier I felt.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
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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