Verb (used without object) : The thunder grumbled in the west. From Dictionary.com.
This blog takes its name from the French word grognard, which means roughly "grumbler" or "grouch.". From Wordnik.com. [What's a Grognard?] Reference
Duke was interrupted by the grumbler, who was angry now. From Wordnik.com. [Blonde, Black and Blood Red] Reference
"Of course we are, you little grumbler," said her father. From Wordnik.com. [Naughty Miss Bunny A Story for Little Children] Reference
We will advise them, dear grumbler, to protect themselves. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864] Reference
'And a mere nothing we got for them,' replied the grumbler. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference
Warrington, the grumbler, growled out that Pen was becoming such. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Pendennis] Reference
Maybe I really am just an "old guard, veteran, grumbler" after all. From Wordnik.com. [How Dragonlance Ruined Everything] Reference
You must not be sick, you must not be a grumbler, my dear old troubadour. From Wordnik.com. [The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters] Reference
The grumbler gradually loses his acquaintances and even his close friends. From Wordnik.com. [Dollars and Sense] Reference
The grumbler of the day's march is very frequently the joker of the bivouac. From Wordnik.com. [Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac] Reference
I have not served my king fifty years to turn grumbler at this time of life. From Wordnik.com. [Lavengro] Reference
What do you think this economic crisis is doing to the American public? news grumbler. From Wordnik.com. [Morning Buzz: Could Obama Be Tested?] Reference
Kril noted the grumbling but chose to ignore it so long as the grumbler remained discreet. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Starfighter]
“Pshaw, Peterkin,” answered his principal, “thou art ever such a frampold grumbler —”. From Wordnik.com. [Quentin Durward] Reference
The grumbler grows to be a pessimist; he says disagreeable things; he makes his friends feel ill at ease. From Wordnik.com. [Dollars and Sense] Reference
The strangest old woman in the world -- active, industrious, clean and faithful, but an unimaginable grumbler. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Women: George Sand] Reference
"The azure heavens framing fair angels; quite a sufficient robing, and appropriate; oh! grumbler," laughed Vaura. From Wordnik.com. [A Heart-Song of To-day] Reference
There is no such confirmed grumbler -- until he really has something to grumble at, and then no one who grumbles less. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, June, 1915 April-September, 1915] Reference
This was promising more than Mrs. Robertson was able to perform perhaps, for she was a chronic and inveterate grumbler. From Wordnik.com. [Katie Robertson A Girls Story of Factory Life] Reference
The Aspen leaf ceased speaking, overcome by its emotion, whilst the little grumbler, silenced, but not convinced, turned sulkily away. From Wordnik.com. [Parables from Flowers] Reference
As he spoke, the grumbler came stumbling along the passage. From Wordnik.com. [Fighting the Flames] Reference
She was no grumbler and still retained an appetite for life. From Wordnik.com. [There was a King in Egypt] Reference
"Helloa, you are more of a grumbler than I ever saw you before.". From Wordnik.com. [Old Ebenezer] Reference
The grumbler always declines the offer while she studies the floor. From Wordnik.com. [LJWorld.com stories: News] Reference
Mrs. Poole was no grumbler when a fellow-creature needed her kindness. From Wordnik.com. [Thyrza] Reference
Genvil was not of a nature absolutely sullen, though a habitual grumbler. From Wordnik.com. [The Betrothed] Reference
I was a confirmed grumbler, too; but he never let me indulge my discontent. From Wordnik.com. [Through Three Campaigns A Story of Chitral, Tirah and Ashanti] Reference
I confess that I am always pleased with the Parson in the character of grumbler. From Wordnik.com. [Backlog Studies] Reference
There is my brother, a grumbler too, but professes to have a wiser head than mine. From Wordnik.com. [The Parisians — Complete] Reference
The boaster soon exhausts his subject; the grumbler has matter that lasts for ever. From Wordnik.com. [Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War] Reference
The carping grumbler who may here and there go forth will find few to listen to him. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Twain, a Biography — Volume III, Part 1: 1900-1907] Reference
However, I have not served my king fifty years to turn grumbler at this time of life. From Wordnik.com. [Lavengro; the Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest] Reference
"Pshaw, Peterkin," answered his principal, "thou art ever such a frampold grumbler --". From Wordnik.com. [Quentin Durward] Reference
The loudest grumbler at anything new introduced on board was old Fleming the boatswain. From Wordnik.com. [A Voyage round the World A book for boys] Reference
To pour wine into existing vessels, that is really the needed miracle, my dear grumbler!. From Wordnik.com. [The Agony of the Church (1917)] Reference
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