grumbler

Example Sentences

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"One day in the dugout I asked him –- why are you always such a grumbler? And he told me about the tragedy with his family. From that time, we grew very close."

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

But Wilkinson was equally persuasive as a working-class grumbler, which is what made him such a terrific secret weapon in the hit 1997 comedy “The Full Monty.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2023

Resolve one person's grumbles, and potentially create another grumbler.

From BBC • Dec. 10, 2023

Logan is both a world-class grumbler with a crotchety disdain for what used to be called multiculturalism and a stiletto-sharp stylist with appealing allergies to cant and special pleading.

From New York Times • Aug. 31, 2018

The grumbler in Lucian indignantly complains of the fashion in which the ancient gods of Olympus are being overshadowed by the divine parvenus of every clime.

From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel