How to Use grumble in a Sentence
grumble
verb
- Fans grumbled about the team's poor play.
- There's been a lot of grumbling among the employees.
- Some of the customers have been grumbling about poor service.
- We could hear thunder grumbling in the distance.
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When the fair is in town, some who live and work nearby grumble about the noise, the traffic, the mess and the crowd the event draws.
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Lily Altavena,
azcentral,
14 Mar. 2018
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The hype has caused some grumbling among the more old-school parts of the mineral world.
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Rachel Monroe,
The New Yorker,
21 Feb. 2023
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Fans are grumbling about the state of the program, but that’s not new, either.
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Jon Wilner,
The Mercury News,
17 Mar. 2024
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Nothing in this plan, of course, would change the stuff that Sanders and his staff have been grumbling about.
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Alex Shephard,
The New Republic,
28 Aug. 2019
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The kids would rehearse slightly out-of-tune songs, grumbling on the side.
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Julyssa Lopez,
Rolling Stone,
29 May 2023
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The older fans may still grumble, but most seem to still watch each week.
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Greg Engle,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2021
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The newcomers didn’t abide by the rules of the water, the locals grumbled.
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Amy Qin Callaghan O’Hare,
New York Times,
12 Nov. 2023
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Ever since Democrats lost the House in 2010, there has been grumbling that Pelosi should step aside.
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Michelle Cottle,
The Atlantic,
2 July 2017
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The change left many agents grumbling that the Border Patrol had gone soft.
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A.c. Thompson,
ProPublica,
16 Aug. 2019
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A few of the onlookers laughed, but, once out of the police’s sight, many more grumbled.
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The Economist,
21 Sep. 2017
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There’s no one to grumble with when the ump makes a bad call and, worse, no one to celebrate with when the ball sails out of the park.
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Alan Smolinisky,
WSJ,
4 Oct. 2020
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While some Corvette purists might grumble about it, most critics and fans seem to be pumped up.
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Nathan Bomey,
USA TODAY,
3 Dec. 2019
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For years, people have grumbled about the price of software.
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Kim Komando,
Fox News,
20 May 2017
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Lots of people are grumbling about the $45 million bill.
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Jen Kirby,
Vox,
19 May 2018
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Of course, some cycling fans grumbled that doing away with the men’s race was not the answer.
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Kathryn Bertine,
Outside Online,
22 Aug. 2019
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The trash can shakes and the voice of Kapelczak grumbles that the plastic bottle should go in the recycling bin and not the trash can.
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Julie Gallant,
sandiegouniontribune.com,
8 June 2018
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Parisians are already grumbling about the crowds for this summer’s Olympics.
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Catherine Porter,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2024
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And activists have grumbled that the party did not put enough muscle to get the bill over the finish line.
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Tal Axelrod,
ABC News,
12 June 2023
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For the rest of the week, Jerome remained sullen, only frowning at Tiny or grumbling her way.
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Rion Amilcar Scott,
The New Yorker,
30 Sep. 2019
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That doesn’t mean Max doesn’t grumble at times during the HBO series.
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Chuck Barney,
The Mercury News,
26 Aug. 2019
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Some of the attendees grumbled, but Chavez wanted to know what else Bell had in mind.
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Stephania Taladrid,
The New Yorker,
26 Oct. 2024
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The people of Kawama grumble that too much land has been sold to mining firms.
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The Economist,
17 Oct. 2020
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In the interview, Trump also grumbled about the protests.
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Karla Adam,
Washington Post,
13 July 2018
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Plenty of players have and will grumble about this deal.
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Ben Volin,
BostonGlobe.com,
26 Feb. 2020
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Justice, many on Germany’s left grumbled, was only blind in the right eye.
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Longreads,
5 Dec. 2024
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The gold grass Is gilded with dew on our morning drives in a grumbling open-sided Land Cruiser.
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Nicole Trilivas,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Dec. 2024
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