Grumbly definitions and example sentences on Wordnik

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It's always best to smile and try to look on the bright side of things and not be grumbly-grumbly After that little speech of Frances Freeland's there was a silence that Nedda thought would last forever, till her aunt, pressing close to Tod's shoulder, spoke You want me to stop Derek.

—Complete Project Gutenberg John Galsworthy Works

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So I was all grumbly on the phone with TD, and bit of a downer. — Law and Letters
We'd borrowed a friendly neighbor's binoculars to get a closer glimpse of the pint-sized figure up on stage, the one with the black suit, the white cowboy hat, and the rough, grumbly voice. — Boston Phoenix - thePhoenix.com
DS: New Phantasy Star Zero DS trailer makes me slightly less grumbly than usual — Destructoid
At which point open mouths purse into smirks, Swedish Fish packets are torn open loudly and with contempt, and both grumbly chuckles and chuckling grumbles can be heard across the theater. — Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
I mean, it's warm and the trees are budding, the crocuses are blooming and the birds are probably singing although they cannot be heard over the howling and grumbly barking of a large white dog who has just been given his Spring Bath and put out into his pen in the garden to dry, and wishes to alert the appropriate authorities. — Neil Gaiman's Journal