grumbled; grumbling
ˈgrəm-b(ə-)liŋ 
1
: to mutter in discontent
grumbled about the scarcity of jobs
: to express with grumbling
grumbled his annoyance
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Examples of grumble in a Sentence
There's been a lot of grumbling among the employees.
Some of the customers have been grumbling about poor service.
Fans grumbled about the team's poor play.
“When are we going to leave?” he grumbled.
We could hear thunder grumbling in the distance.
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Some grumbled about resellers, who sell their Labubu hauls at exorbitant markups, being among those who had swarmed the release.
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Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
There will always be grumbling at the granular level of losses like that.
—Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 24 Aug. 2024
The recent expansion additions were done without a bank, and there has been some grumbling in the marketplace that the process has been bumpy and less than transparent.
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Some of the attendees grumbled, but Chavez wanted to know what else Bell had in mind.
—Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2024
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Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
There will always be grumbling at the granular level of losses like that.
—Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 24 Aug. 2024
The recent expansion additions were done without a bank, and there has been some grumbling in the marketplace that the process has been bumpy and less than transparent.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 18 Sep. 2024
Some of the attendees grumbled, but Chavez wanted to know what else Bell had in mind.
—Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for grumble
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“Grumble.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grumble. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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