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  • verb Present participle of grump.

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Examples

  • Do we then get into a lot of grumping about sour grapes and sucking it up?

    Ethics and Enthusiasm Hal Duncan 2009

  • "White," in addition to my grumping about it, also fails to include USians who are not white.

    Author-friends, Meet Lyn Miller-Lachmann 2010

  • You used to be the most ill-tempered man I knew, forever grumping and grumbling.

    Much Ado About Marriage Karen Hawkins 2010

  • You used to be the most ill-tempered man I knew, forever grumping and grumbling.

    Much Ado About Marriage Karen Hawkins 2010

  • Caroline@336: In other Latin-related news, yesterday I spent a good bit of time grumping about the upcoming changes to the Roman Missal.

    Making Light: Open thread 135 2010

  • When Loaf was finally through grumping at him, Umbo asked, Did you get it?

    Pathfinder Orson Scott Card 2010

  • When he isn't grumping about the present, he grumps about the past.

    The Misogynist by Piers Paul Read 2010

  • As she got older this got quite amusing -- grumpy old lady rips, where she'd thump along at as high a rate of knots as she could manage, usually grumping on every second step.

    My God, It's Full Of Tweets! 2008

  • And when he isn't grumping he wonders about the existence of God.

    The Misogynist by Piers Paul Read 2010

  • You used to be the most ill-tempered man I knew, forever grumping and grumbling.

    Much Ado About Marriage Karen Hawkins 2010

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