How to Use grumbling in a Sentence

grumbling

noun
  • As Hormes neared North’s record, the grumbling began to grow.
    Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 23 May 2022
  • Harrison read of the grumbling in the British press the next morning.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2022
  • As of Thursday, Freeze hadn’t heard any grumblings of guys leaving the program.
    Ainslie Lee | Alee@al.com, al, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Enough with the grumbling about Padres manager Bob Melvin.
    Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Bridges retired the next batter, Rice, on a groundout, and all that was left was the grumbling from Tigers players.
    Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 1 June 2020
  • Even the players, after some initial grumbling in spring training, came around to the idea.
    Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 11 July 2023
  • The grumbling since Germany’s 2-1 loss to Japan on Wednesday would resume.
    Rory Smith, New York Times, 27 Nov. 2022
  • Ignore the inevitable grumbling from players and long-term fans (a.k.a.
    Paul Newberry, ajc, 3 Mar. 2023
  • This caused much grumbling among the fishing guides with whom Ikonomou visited.
    Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 16 July 2023
  • Yes, there was a little grumbling for those players maybe not used to pushing that hard but most are ready for the demands placed on them.
    Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 20 Sep. 2022
  • And despite the online grumblings over its prices, Taco Bell's bottom line doesn't appear to have taken a hit quite yet.
    Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2024
  • This grumbling wasn’t enough to put off aficionados and collectors, though.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Another said the water-cooler talk ranged from strong approval to mild grumbling.
    Annabelle Timsit, Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2023
  • In a vote that’s sure to cause no grumbling whatsoever, readers ranked Birmingham No. 16 among cities and Huntsville No. 18.
    al, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The grumbling about the uniforms, which are designed by Nike and produced by Fanatic, has continued.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 27 Feb. 2024
  • But as the prices of basic goods soar while the state spends heavily on flashy megaprojects, grumblings of discontent here are growing louder.
    Claire Parker, Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2023
  • There was more than a little grumbling among the Aztec Faithful about a situation that occurs all too often.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Nov. 2022
  • On the other hand, your method could take more work than everyone was expecting, so there may be some grumblings while putting it into action.
    Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2023
  • Authors have long known that that they're being taken for a ride; now, what had been low-level grumbling has broken out into vocal anger.
    Mike Taylor, Discover Magazine, 21 Feb. 2012
  • But his grumblings, in her characterization, boiled down to wanting more control over the project.
    Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Regardless, there will definitely be some grumbling as people get used to the new layout.
    Amrita Khalid, The Verge, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Still, despite some grumbling, players seemed to have adopted quite nicely, with just 1.30 pitch timer violations per game this spring.
    Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The grumbling follows a 60% year-to-date decline in Tesla shares, a drop that exceeds legacy automakers like Ford and General Motors.
    Byjacob Carpenter, Fortune, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Swift’s arrival brought her fans and traffic, and grumblings followed, Vulture reported.
    Tamia Fowlkes, BostonGlobe.com, 11 July 2023
  • More bedrooms make apartments easier to share with other college students, which has been at the root of our grumbling: Our landlord’s fostering of transience.
    Scott Korb, Longreads, 26 May 2020
  • The movie will certainly elicit grumblings from Indy’s real-life colleagues.
    Petar Parvanov, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2023
  • If yours was too, this colorful set of handwoven Colombian placemats is a way to thank Mom for honing your tablescaping skills at an early age—despite your grumbling.
    Lauren Joseph, Bon Appétit, 22 Apr. 2022
  • There have also been grumblings from some traditionalists (of the rare book, not the Rodgers and Hammerstein, variety), along with some resignation.
    Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Or is this just the idle grumbling of a member of a crotchety generation who believes in the character-building magic of walking barefoot to school or working a 5 a.m. paper route for pocket change?
    Guest Blogger, Discover Magazine, 15 Mar. 2013
  • The crisis has led to an outpouring of sardonic grumblings on Chinese social media and the inevitable pushback from officials.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 6 June 2023

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