Sentence examples for a certain grumpy from inspiring English sources

He is an Easter Island statue of hip comedy, and now age has added melancholy to the mix and even a certain grumpy vulnerability, a hint that under the cynicism and pessimism there's an urgent need to be loved.

"We would have been able to talk to her, see her and just make our freaking day basically, but but certain grumpy butts in the NSF said no," wrote one scientist.

There is little around right now for the forager or even the gardener to make into an alcoholic drink, so for once, with a certain amount of grumpy muttering, we must turn to imported produce.

Being so invested in basketball at my age may seem childish, but there is a certain dignity in being the grumpy, irrationally competitive old guy on the court.

"It is in a certain Parisian milieu that there are intellectuals who are grumpy by trade," argues Jack Lang, the Socialist former culture minister: "There is a gap with the rest of French society".

Noting Evans's reputation for being dyspeptic, curmudgeonly and grumpy, Mr. Galassi said: "If there was a bitterness, it was to a certain extent justified.

You'd have to be very grumpy not to enjoy this chop-socky buddy action comedy, but it does need a certain level of indulgence, even from diehard fans of Jackie Chan.

An ode to four-legged cuteness wouldn't be complete with a mention of Grumpy Cat. Now while she's not strictly speaking 'cute' in a conventional sense, she has a certain allure.

No wonder Andri's a bit grumpy.

PRINCETON, N.J. — By the fall of 1915, Albert Einstein was a bit grumpy.

But hark at a less grumpy Christmas behind the till.