How to Use grouchy in a Sentence

grouchy

adjective

• I get grouchy when I'm tired.
• In much the same way, Lucky’s grouchy demeanor doesn’t begin to explain the deep affection the rest of the town feels for him.
  — Justin Chang, latimes.com, 28 Sep. 2017
• Garrett receives a rose gleefully, and the third and final one-on-one goes to Blake, the grouchy princess.
  — Rebecca Farley, refinery29.com, 10 July 2018
• Harold and Burt are both grouchy, but have different outlooks on life.
  — Elizabeth Marie Himchak, Pomerado News, 28 Mar. 2018
• Yost is short and grouchy during win streaks, and has trained himself to be patient and smile through losing streaks.
  — Sam Mellinger, kansascity, 27 Apr. 2018
• An uncomfortable bed can lead to all sorts of plights—from back pain, to restless nights, to grouchy mornings.
  — Isabelle Kagan, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2019
• Déjà's now staying in some kind of group home, and her foster dad is grouchy and terrifying.
  — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 6 Mar. 2018
• And one other: a brusque, grouchy heroine whose issues go beyond cold nights and long winters.
  — Mike Hale, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2017
• Maybe that seems like a hot take from a grouchy, antisocial misanthrope (still not wrong).
  — Clay Skipper, GQ, 1 Feb. 2018
• Her subsequent Facebook post about holding (and soothing) that stranger’s grouchy baby spread across the world.
  — Mark Ellwood, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Dec. 2017
• No one at National Review has ever been guilty of this failing, of course, but some conservatives do have a tendency to the grumpy, the grouchy, and the grumbly.
  — Kyle Smith, National Review, 16 Feb. 2018
• Featuring the same shirt as Harry, and an identical pair of blue shorts, little Louis was adorably grouchy throughout his very first Trooping the Colour.
  — Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 June 2019
• This could lessen the odds of grouchy people complaining about long airport lines, or relieve the extra stress of passengers running to their gates.
  — cleveland, 27 Mar. 2022
• Jumping into the cleanup whole hog produces only sunburn and grouchy spouses.
  — Lauren Ritchie, OrlandoSentinel.com, 15 Sep. 2017
• The naps and the pudding cups, though, were turning me into a grouchy gaseous bridge troll who didn’t want to do anything, ever, including write her column or work on her book or leave the house to see a friend.
  — Heather Havrilesky, The Cut, 23 June 2017
• But look, unless the guest threw a gigantic party, most of them are going to say something similar because nobody wants to look like a grouchy host.
  — Dana McMahan, The Courier-Journal, 24 May 2018
• Accounts of children reconnecting with estranged and grouchy parents are hardly thin on the ground.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2023
• His Romford accent thrilled grouchy Lee Marvin, and his horse-racing jokes disarmed the queen into a smile of genuine happiness.
  — The Economist, 21 Nov. 2019
• Siegfried Farnon is a protective, grouchy, and hyper-responsible control freak, but none of that is static.
  — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2023
• And a good number of Democrats are no doubt grouchy that their own personal policy demands are not being addressed by their party.
  — Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 10 May 2018
• There are few villains on the show; even Squidward, SpongeBob’s perpetually grouchy neighbor, is allowed his fair share of pathos.
  — James Freeman, WSJ, 27 Nov. 2018
• So the day ended, just shy of midnight, with grouchy lawmakers and weary staff (and journalists) preparing to return at 10 a.m. Friday morning for the historic vote.
  — Annah Aschbrenner, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2019
• Although 9-year-old Kate looked thrilled to be dolled up for the day, waving at the camera and happily posing for pictures, Pippa, then age 7, fussed with her flower headpiece and seemed a little more grouchy.
  — Katherine Richter, PEOPLE.com, 21 May 2017
• And yet the key takeaway from New England’s dominant run is not Brady’s greatness, or Belichick’s grouchy mien, but this: everyone is replaceable.
  — Jason Gay, WSJ, 3 June 2018
• With his grouchy demeanor and his encyclopedic knowledge of explosives, Rocket has always been a key member of the Guardians crew.
  — Devan Coggan, EW.com, 15 Dec. 2022
• Although March has been coming in like a grouchy lion, at least one gentle lamb — not to mention a host of other baby animals — will visit New York this weekend.
  — Laurel Graeber, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2018
• Levi is the stuff of romance hero dreams, a gruff, laconic figure whose grouchy exterior conceals his vulnerable heart.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 22 Feb. 2023
• But Murray, a sometimes grouchy, self-critical player who had become a father in February, pushed himself to the verge of the top spot during a spectacular second half.
  — Douglas Robson, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2016
• Price’s public persona during his four seasons with the Sox ranged from indifferent to grouchy with only occasional smiles.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Feb. 2020
• A spineless husband melts into a puddle, his complaining wife swells larger with each insult, couples pick off pieces of each other’s skin with grouchy obsession.
  — Scott Thill, WIRED, 1 Sep. 2009

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024