grunt

Example Sentences

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Dodger took a little hitch in his step, and Sue grunted.

From Literature

Zeke and the others watched him as he shifted metal with a grunt and pushed roof rubble out of the way.

From Literature

It doesn’t hurt that making stuff is increasingly easy too, thanks to the cameras on our phones and mixing boards on our laptops and artificial intelligence that does the grunt work for us.

From The Wall Street Journal

While Mr. Scharf is chafing to get off the planet, Mr. Willis is happy to let robots do the grunt work of searching for ETs.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mostly with Hila’s fancy friends, but his mother’s parents had even gone, and she had even earned a grunt of approval from his grandfather, which was very high praise.

From Literature