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    Use "grumble" in a sentence

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    1. lock and the heavy, ratchet grumble of sliding tumblers


    2. before she too has to grumble


    3. The towering automaton would hiss and clank and grumble as it staggered, possessed by uncanny determination to stay on its feet and to keep fighting


    4. “I can’t grumble at the way it went


    5. I suppose John'll grumble, but the Lord has sent me this money,


    6. can't grumble at their staying now, for it's all along of keeping them


    7. The oxen grumble in their stalls, and the lambs leap about in their places!


    8. Shaking his head against the coldness that had descended on him, Slikit began to grumble his way along the overgrown pathway, his cracked old voice fading as the wind from the west grew in intensity


    9. grumble at every detail and about the quality of whose lead they only grudgingly followed


    10. But as she came to the section of her story where one of their own had perished, and the manner of it, the men began to grumble and the women to shake

    11. we're to go up there again!” His growl had now dropped to a grumble as he again realized that


    12. feeling’, they would grumble, shaking their heads and picking


    13. Some people began to grumble, they were upset that Sam still had all of his wealth and they had nothing


    14. There was a grumble and some muted objections that came from the long table


    15. When they saw it, they all began to grumble, saying, “He has gone to be the guest of a man who is a sinner


    16. “So strong a heart this child has and yet so tender,” Murphy spoke in a low grumble and the hand that caressed Raven’s cheek had all the delicacy of the butterfly’s wing


    17. The grumble had left his tone to be replaced by the high tone of surprise


    18. In order to become better acquainted with this foggy medium which is so important to our mariners, it is a good idea to turn to the learned writings of one Earnest Grumble


    19. Grumble was fascinated by the huge unexplored realm of the mist, and in particular the creatures it may harbour


    20. So, at great expense, he constructed a bronze hollow globe studded with thick glass observation portals to protect him from the unsavoury vapours of the deep mist (and any of the monstrosities which called it home and Grumble dinner) and a sampling hatch

    21. “Hurrah!” and again “Hurrah! Hurrah!” came the cries of the spectators as, under a hail of hookblossom confetti, Grumble was sealed in his globe and rolled on a trolley towards the edge


    22. grumble about how dreary it is, you won't see it


    23. The fire burning in the chacmool on the temple top, was the only indication that this was a serious religious gathering, after an hour or so, the crowd began to grumble about the wait, but before it could develop into more than a murmur the temple drums began to beat to an hypnotic rhythm, Yaotl, the high priest made his appearance on the top platform of the pyramid, he was about forty summers old, but whether by design or being too close to the spirit world, he looked much older, around his thin scrawny neck he had hung his magic mirror breastplate in which everyone believed he could see into a mans soul, across his face was painted a broad black band, this gave him the look of something that should have been buried a long time ago, when I was a small child he always had the power to frighten me by just walking by, now he raised his arms and the crowds chatter ceased, in a booming voice, which could be heard by everyone gathered in the great square, he said


    24. There was a moment’s silence, then a general grumble


    25. Nakamura Hideki, Chief of the Maritime Staff and head of the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force, woke up with a grumble when his bedside telephone rang


    26. submerging her in contented purring and the grumble of hungry stomachs


    27. “He’ll grumble about it, but I’m sure he’ll acquiesce


    28. Sally could hear him relieve himself and grumble


    29. A high-pitched whistle interrupted him before he could address his subalterns, making him grumble with irritation


    30. grumble “but thanks for the advice,” in a photocopy of sincerity

    31. Most children who were out of sorts could grumble, complain, maybe


    32. what are we, that you grumble against us?" Moses said, "This


    33. grumble to herself minutes after Anne had entered the hall


    34. ” The scent of roasted fowl, fish, vegetables, dates, figs, and bread assaulted his senses, making his stomach grumble


    35. Hal tried to chuckle, but his voice came out like a wheezing grumble


    36. His stomach obliges them with a grumble of its own


    37. The crowd in the gallery started to grumble at this revelation


    38. With a grumble of


    39. I slouch back in my chair and grumble


    40. The pack, perhaps sensing my interference started to grumble

    41. And you are always saying you like weeds, so why grumble at your lawns? And it doesn't hurt you much if the squirrels do break bits off your firs--the firs must have had that happening to them years and years before you were born, yet they still flourish


    42. I did not grumble


    43. It takes her a moment to answer and when she does it's a grumble


    44. He heard it again, the sound of someone’s arm or leg sliding on the floor, followed by a grumble or maybe a snore


    45. Stu and Spock had gone to the hospital and stayed with him throughout the day and forced to listen to him grumble and whinge


    46. 27 "How long will this wicked community grumble against me? I have heard the complaints of these grumbling Israelites


    47. the hut, smiling as she could hear Teya grumble to himself


    48. Massie managed to grumble, "What?"


    49. Nancy’s stomach gave a distinct grumble as she walked


    50. need to moan and grumble; just ask Him


























    1. Nlara grumbled about the rudeness of the local traffic


    2. There is an unbroken continuum of a generation that grumbled against God in the wilderness


    3. The door grumbled ajar to reveal a doleful, puny young guy in green stripy pyjamas standing beneath a thick mass of curly black hair


    4. I knew why Ish grumbled


    5. to our school?' Tapan grumbled as he rubbed the ball on his shorts


    6. 'So many visitors? This is a hospital, not a club,' the nurse grumbled as she changed


    7. ’ He grumbled, his eyes sparkling


    8. I hid them,' grumbled the beleaguered host aside to his


    9. Matt grumbled but did as he was told, wandering off a bit to a flat-looking rock where he could cut up the carrots with the knife that Andrew had supplied


    10. "Cursed Midnight Sun," he grumbled, burying his face in the pillow

    11. ‘It wasn’t my fault,’ Jean grumbled as he stabled her


    12. ‘Cursed town,’ he grumbled as he stomped away


    13. ‘Cursed place,’ grumbled Jean as they sat hunched


    14. grumbled to Annabelle as they trudged a few paces


    15. “Don’t need that,” Fizzicist grumbled as his fingers slipped into the bowl and slurped the contents


    16. tial if not quietly cynical group of thieves who may well have grumbled over their ale but kept their mouths shut when the orders were given and walked with their heads down around him


    17. “Alright, alright…” Maro grumbled, at last convinced by the thief’s focused and glinting eyes


    18. And half grumbled


    19. Since you destroyed my truck, you're stuck with me until we're out of here,” I grumbled as I moved to grab my packs out of the cab


    20. I grumbled under my breath, thinking again about the freak that had attacked me in the blue house before I'd left Grand Prairie

    21. ” He grumbled as he turned back toward the crowd


    22. ‘Yes, but some crumbs must have got in as well,’ the Hatter grumbled: ‘you shouldn’t have put it in with the bread-knife


    23. As I walked and sweated and grumbled about the heat, I was so entranced with all the new happenings, I gave little thought to stopping for the night


    24. ” she grumbled as she walked to the slightly open door for at least the tenth time that morning


    25. ” grumbled Efren Zond, the head of the Maintenance Workers’ Union


    26. Rogan caught up to Sebastian and grumbled


    27. She grumbled as she headed for


    28. “Don’t pull that on me now!” he grumbled


    29. “I blew it,” she grumbled


    30. “Probably has another girlfriend,” she grumbled

    31. ” He pointed to Sicarius, though he grumbled to himself


    32. Her husband grumbled, and Katey--who came in from a neighbour's--cried


    33. The corporal grumbled under his breath, disappeared into the office for a moment, and returned with paperwork


    34. “I should have known you were frigid,” he grumbled at last, then turned with a shrug, moving his way down the shadowy aisle


    35. Keeping his snout close to the ground, he followed the spoor, bumbling along as he contentedly grumbled at anything that got in his way


    36. Finally growing impatient, Slikit pushed his way into the tunnel and grumbled his way down into the interior of the burrow


    37. "Two," he grumbled, "bad enough with one, but two—"


    38. "'Ere, don't do that," he grumbled, tying the edges of the hole together with a piece of bailer twin


    39. "What's 'e bleedin' gawking at?" Uncle Hobart grumbled


    40. “Argh! When do they open?” he grumbled

    41. “Editors in the smaller markets tend to be cautious and conservative types,” grumbled Barnes


    42. “What kind of screw-up have you created this time,” she grumbled in annoyance


    43. He grumbled as politely as he could through the thick fog of an hour’s sleep and a pair of double scotches


    44. Let’s hope the Kyrioi don’t have the observational skills of a twenty-year-old cognate,” Clarissa grumbled


    45. The engine grumbled to life again


    46. “Just have to empty the bloody thing later,” he grumbled as he stalked off into the night, his torch lighting up the grass in front of him


    47. He had argued against it until Gordon acquiesced, but he’d grumbled about it since, saying it was Truman’s fault that the ring hadn’t been broken when they had the chance


    48. had grumbled and muttered plans to “track down” that “Cap-


    49. Beth, meanwhile, grumbled while clicking between the play, fast forward and reverse buttons searching for and eventually finding the start of the call he wanted to hear


    50. “Drat! I liked that tune,” grumbled the Admiral













































    1. I try to bring her round, she resists, I emphasize I will come all the way from Glyfada, while she will only have to walk some metres; she grumbles a little more and finally she says in a plaintive voice: “Alright, Yvonne, I will come


    2. As he’d expected, there were grumbles from one or two villagers, while Cheeryup and Wyll celebrated the news, as it gave them more time to run, play, and explore


    3. There was a chorus of grumbles from the circle around her, and Jevan shook his head harshly


    4. “Can’t wait for the after-party,” Emily grumbles as she scrutinizes the boys


    5. Ignoring his grumbles I wrapped him in a bathrobe and forced him to eat breakfast with me in the kitchen


    6. His audience began to murmur their grumbles about this but he continued regardless


    7. He stopped for a moment, as he’d realised that some of his audience wouldn’t be familiar with the term, then explained, again to grumbles from the technical delegates


    8. Grumbles and groans filled the small area


    9. Stef grumbles a reply and gets out of his car, opening the trunk he pulls the holdall out and drops it by Simon�s feet


    10. I overheard grumbles as to this radical decree, but none dared say anything to my face

    11. grumbles in its mind wishing that


    12. grumbles as the 1980s came to a close


    13. He also grumbles over


    14. The roar of the V-6 engine covered the grumbles and teeth grinding


    15. of the fence-building, the bumps and grumbles of the house


    16. she could be sound asleep in her bed – but she never grumbles and she always prays)


    17. Hitting the gas without even being asked, Amy grumbles


    18. There was an outcry of whispers and annoyed grumbles at Abigail’s outburst, a mixed reaction from a surprised circle of adults


    19. Everyone who isn’t Somebody grumbles this below their breath, but none of the masses are empowered to do anything about it


    20. Footsteps and grumbles receded and the leader leaned back resting his head on the well-padded cushions

    21. Here there was a great obstruction, a group of people blocking the passage down the room and having to be got out of the way before we could pass; and when the scraping of their chairs and their grumbles had ceased we caught the Professor's conversation a little farther on


    22. He grumbles something under his breath, then buries his face firmly in his pillow


    23. ” There were a few grumbles, but he had their obedience


    24. His mind was full of constant grumbles that sometimes would surface enough for him to gripe about


    25. Bradshaw rode Bozo back to his house, with only a few grumbles


    26. Kneeling down as the groaning cracks and grumbles of overlying rock sounded louder and louder I took the scarf off that had encased my chest and afforded me some modesty while there had been a time for such things and wrapped it about Sheatera’s face


    27. All of a sudden there are the low grumbles


    28. Half an hour afterwards you could do with another one, the dragon grumbles


    29. “I hate wearing these things,” he grumbles


    30. Anísya (rummages in her box and grumbles)

    1. Instead of grumbling about the world, instead of


    2. She is constantly slandering me to everybody, grumbling I don't know how to use the computer and that's why it always breaks down


    3. The people crowded round the crates cursing, grumbling to one another and waving their arms, unable to believe their eyes


    4. Then, like a mantra, he once more turned his grumbling to his lost weapons, listing every last item he was forced to abandon at Shattered Rock


    5. Grumbling, Coba and the others obeyed, though Brice could tell they were tired of waiting and he had to admit, he was weary of it as well


    6. grumbling even in what I write


    7. Inside the tavern, he noticed a couple of Nords at the counter, making grumbling conversation with the female proprietor


    8. So, what now? You, uh…said something about…food?” He could barely shuffle his feet in time to muffle the grumbling growls of his hollow stomach


    9. I bit my lip to stop myself from grumbling as it dawned on me


    10. Where such taxes, therefore, are properly assessed, and upon proper commodities, they are paid with less grumbling than any other

    11. At some stage he heard Doc grumbling and swearing in the bathroom


    12. cheer was in the air, and there was no grumbling


    13. Grumbling mightily to himself, Slikit looked longingly at the moon but found no inspiration there


    14. Soffen was able to follow the old badger's progress for quite some time as his cracked old voice, mumbling and grumbling at everything that got in his way floated back to her


    15. She did not seem very interested; all that seemed to matter for the immediate moment was the grumbling in her tummy


    16. Grumbling, that’s my stomach


    17. My belly is grumbling anyway


    18. Then miraculously, it looked as though a chance might come: Mike went aft, grumbling instructions up to the fat bastard still aboard the barge, and it almost looked as though he intended to climb the ladder and offer aid


    19. But, it was too soon to act! Aft, frustrated at the fat man’s inability to negotiate the steel rungs of the ladder, Mike ambled closer to the stern and looked up to him, grumbling profanity


    20. Colling interrupted the sergeant’s grumbling, “Sarge, what about me holding sick call?”

    21. Despite his grumbling about Raul being a communist, it was readily apparent that Truman was delighted to be reunited


    22. The dekar slowly turned his gaze to Lanris and made a sort of grumbling sound with eyes focused once again and a furrowed brow


    23. It filled the room, horrible bright light that filled my vision and blotted out the temple, and a loud and impossible rumble that blotted out the sounds of shouts and men grumbling in the street, and a bright light that thrust through my eyes and I fell to the ground and fell, and there was nothing there, I was suspended weightless in that terrible white, droplets of blood drifting off of me as I tumbled head over heels


    24. Coatleztli suggested that the grumbling was not against him, but against a project that would only benefit the Mexica


    25. There was still a lot of excitement and pleasure among the patrons over the fate of the Tenocha, but there was already some grumbling that the Ordu had ended the plundering rather roughly


    26. Bisdah ordered the men to wipe them out with arrows, but that set off a general grumbling and one of the minghan commanders took him aside


    27. Still grumbling, the woman did as he demanded


    28. Some muffled grumbling could be heard from inside, but they pretended not to hear what was said, as they inserted the wads of cloth at both ends


    29. As Youssaf moved away from the group, Moshe had heard his grumbling remark as he turned from them but was quickly lost in other things


    30. A general moaning and grumbling rose to compete with the humming of the stern lines

    31. Upon seeing that he now stood alone, he too, with much grumbling acceded to the wisdom of the many


    32. As the rest straggled in, the volume of grumbling increased until at the rear of the entourage came those who would have chosen to remain imprisoned except for the remonstrations of more hardy souls


    33. Nowhere was the grumbling heard more loudly, vigorously, or continuously than issued from the mouth of the former Pharaonic servant, called Assir who had led the chorus and still showed no sign of the exhaustion that he had been complaining about throughout the day


    34. “But that’s just it, Youssaf!” Surprised at the severity of his own retort, Moshe irritably flailed his arms upward as he shifted his stance slightly, “Assir’s grumbling aside, something has been bothering me since we got here! All the while we’ve been trying to fix this stuff up, it’s been nagging at me


    35. The constant grumbling of some and the palpable fear with which all had followed him


    36. A most hideous scraping, grinding, grumbling growl of a sound was added to the shaking of the ground


    37. grumbling could be heard from inside, but they pretended not to hear what was said, as they


    38. Grumbling as he removed himself from the group, “How


    39. As Youssaf moved away from the group, Moshe had heard his grumbling remark as he turned


    40. and grumbling seemed to slowly engulf them in a chant of misery

    41. As the rest straggled in, the volume of grumbling


    42. Nowhere was the grumbling heard more loudly, vigorously, or continuously than issued from


    43. “But that's just it, Youssaf!” Surprised at the severity of his own retort, Moshe irritably flailed his arms upward as he shifted his stance slightly, “Assir's grumbling aside, something has been


    44. we let them stop!” he continued, drowning out any grumbling that might have started


    45. The constant grumbling of some and the palpable fear with which all had


    46. hear a continuation of the grumbling that had become a hallmark of this escape from Egypt


    47. door, grumbling, “Go do your man things! We have important matters to attend to here!”


    48. “After I was out of sight of them,” he continued, struggling to be heard above the grumbling of


    49. A most hideous scraping, grinding, grumbling


    50. throats and straightening up, the room grumbling with a sudden










































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    Synonyms for "grumble"

    grumble grumbling murmur murmuring mutter muttering rumble rumbling croak gnarl grouch scold growl complaint mumble plaint susurration whimper whispering complain

    "grumble" definitions

    a loud low dull continuous noise


    a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone


    show one's unhappiness or critical attitude


    make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath


    to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds


    make a low noise