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.
• 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.
  — Lily Altavena, azcentral, 14 Mar. 2018
• The hype has caused some grumbling among the more old-school parts of the mineral world.
  — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2023
• Fans are grumbling about the state of the program, but that’s not new, either.
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2024
• Nothing in this plan, of course, would change the stuff that Sanders and his staff have been grumbling about.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 28 Aug. 2019
• The kids would rehearse slightly out-of-tune songs, grumbling on the side.
  — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 29 May 2023
• The older fans may still grumble, but most seem to still watch each week.
  — Greg Engle, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2021
• The newcomers didn’t abide by the rules of the water, the locals grumbled.
  — Amy Qin Callaghan O’Hare, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2023
• The change left many agents grumbling that the Border Patrol had gone soft.
  — A.c. Thompson, ProPublica, 16 Aug. 2019
• 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.
  — Alan Smolinisky, WSJ, 4 Oct. 2020
• While some Corvette purists might grumble about it, most critics and fans seem to be pumped up.
  — Nathan Bomey, USA TODAY, 3 Dec. 2019
• Lots of people are grumbling about the $45 million bill.
  — Jen Kirby, Vox, 19 May 2018
• Of course, some cycling fans grumbled that doing away with the men’s race was not the answer.
  — Kathryn Bertine, Outside Online, 22 Aug. 2019
• 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.
  — Julie Gallant, sandiegouniontribune.com, 8 June 2018
• Parisians are already grumbling about the crowds for this summer’s Olympics.
  — Catherine Porter, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2024
• And activists have grumbled that the party did not put enough muscle to get the bill over the finish line.
  — Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 12 June 2023
• For the rest of the week, Jerome remained sullen, only frowning at Tiny or grumbling her way.
  — Rion Amilcar Scott, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2019
• That doesn’t mean Max doesn’t grumble at times during the HBO series.
  — Chuck Barney, The Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2019
• The people of Kawama grumble that too much land has been sold to mining firms.
  — The Economist, 17 Oct. 2020
• In the interview, Trump also grumbled about the protests.
  — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 13 July 2018
• Plenty of players have and will grumble about this deal.
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Feb. 2020
• Last week, some on the right began grumbling about Kavanaugh.
  — Author: Ashley Parker, Robert Costa, Anchorage Daily News, 11 July 2018
• A lot of hunters grumble that deer hunting with dogs ruins the rest of their season or burns their best spots.
  — Adam Moore, Outdoor Life, 23 Jan. 2023
• That just means lots of office workers are grumbling about it.
  — Julie Jargon, WSJ, 9 Oct. 2018
• Fans and team analysts earned the right to grumble about the perennial .500 (or worse) team.
  — Lori Nickel, Journal Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2023
• Moderators didn't fact-check Harris, which led to grumbling of favoritism by Trump and his supporters, who claimed the debate had been three against one.
  — Phillip M. Bailey, USA TODAY, 11 Sep. 2024
• Wall Street power brokers started to grumble about the costs of complying with the dizzying new instructions.
  — Federica Cocco, Washington Post, 25 July 2024

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024