grumbling

Example Sentences

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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

Macron also weighed in the president’s grumbling about leaving NATO.

From Salon • Apr. 2, 2026

There’s been a lot of folks grumbling that the Fed is too data dependent and should use more forward-looking indicators.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

After some grumbling among initial group members about letting extroverts in, Honoré tweaked the language to introverts and allies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

Because grumbling at each other isn’t helping anything.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman