Students are often grouchy when they have to get up early to study for tests.    From LearnThat.org. 

The only way that people have a "right" to be grouchy is if they are "ACTIVELY" engaged in doing something about the problems.    From Wordnik.com.  ['People have a right to be grouchy,' Axelrod says] Reference

– and "grouchy" is a gross understatement for the suffering that so many American citizens are now subjected to because of it.    From Wordnik.com.  ['People have a right to be grouchy,' Axelrod says] Reference

He was long known as a grouchy shoe-maker, but was sanitized in the 1950s by advertisers and Walt Disney.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yahoo! Buzz US: Top Stories] Reference

The American people have no right to be "grouchy" with Obama.    From Wordnik.com.  ['People have a right to be grouchy,' Axelrod says] Reference

A "grouchy" foreman can give blues and indigestion to a roomful of factory girls.    From Wordnik.com.  [Civics and Health] Reference

Yes, I am "grouchy" as well, but not for the reasons that come to mind naturally.    From Wordnik.com.  ['People have a right to be grouchy,' Axelrod says] Reference

People are losing their homes and jobs left and right and this guys calls them "grouchy".    From Wordnik.com.  ['People have a right to be grouchy,' Axelrod says] Reference

Which means all I have to look forward to now is "grouchy" once I get old enough to pull it off.    From Wordnik.com.  [and, like, I totally, like, you know, like] Reference

I think Wolf is kind of grouchy lately with the warm weather.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fond of Snape] Reference

9 D-although all are listed as synonyms, woebegone would be the least like "grouchy".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Pioneer Woman - Full RSS Feed] Reference

Then again, I’ve always been kind of grouchy and crotchety about the world in general.    From Wordnik.com.  [dustbury.com » Only sixteen] Reference

(END VIDEOTAPE) COOPER: I like him when he's grouchy.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 12, 2009] Reference

He is brooding all the time and is as grouchy as he can be.    From Wordnik.com.  [Battling the Clouds or, For a Comrade's Honor] Reference

You also knew him as the grouchy dad in "A Christmas Story.".    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 27, 2006] Reference

"I don't play to the grandstand," growled the grouchy pitcher.    From Wordnik.com.  [Baseball Joe in the Big League or, A Young Pitcher's Hardest Struggles] Reference

"If I go much farther I'll fall off!" cried the grouchy actor.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Moving Picture Girls Snowbound Or, The Proof on the Film] Reference

At first she found she was irritable and grouchy all the time.    From Wordnik.com.  [Menopause] Reference

It really is a time when New Yorkers kind of shed those grouchy selves.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 27, 2003] Reference

I'm not surprised that her supporters are kind of irritated and grouchy.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 6, 2008] Reference

But ask them of somebody other than his grouchy eight-year-old bodyguard.    From Wordnik.com.  [Deathworld] Reference

People complain of -- people complain about her being grouchy or mean to him.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 14, 2009] Reference

They may be grouchy, but a curmudgeon will be there when the going gets tough.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dr. Judith Rich: How to Love A Curmudgeon] Reference

MOOS: Not laughing were the grouchy news purists at the Web site "News Blues.".    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 22, 2009] Reference

Very anxious the Outdoor Girls looked as the grouchy old farmer came toward them.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Outdoor Girls at Bluff Point Or a Wreck and a Rescue] Reference

Coming up next, why Germany's president told his country to quit being so grouchy.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 15, 2003] Reference

            "And don't do your own cooking," Asa says with a grouchy tone.    From Wordnik.com.  [Your Guide to a WASP Bar Mitzvah] Reference

Lizzie put the grouchy grip down, folded her arms, and said, "Oh, I have me grievances!".    From Wordnik.com.  [You Should Worry Says John Henry] Reference

For nine seasons, Boyle played the grouchy, the very funny father on the popular sitcom.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 13, 2006] Reference

He was perhaps best known for his role as the grouchy father on "Everybody Loves Raymond".    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 13, 2006] Reference

"Don't be grouchy, darling," said Laura, all good-nature again now that the sun had appeared.    From Wordnik.com.  [Billie Bradley on Lighthouse Island The Mystery of the Wreck] Reference

"Vot for you do dot to me?" demanded Mr. Switzer of the grouchy actor who had chopped the tree.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Moving Picture Girls at Oak Farm or, Queer Happenings While Taking Rural Plays] Reference

Instead of the unassailable autocrat, we see a grouchy manager who is feeling sorry for himself.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fabio Capello keen to convey sense of the new and regain old renown] Reference

She's probably got it figured out but now he's stuck in the grouchy, long-suffering husband mode.    From Wordnik.com.  [Desilu, Three Cameras] Reference

Still, a smiling baby greets me in the morning instead of a grouchy boss and an overflowing inbox.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Nanny’s Diary] Reference