Sentence examples for grouchy from inspiring English sources

There was often sniping from grouchy dads on the opposition touchline who objected to a girl playing rugby.

His rival, Ahmed Shafiq, a grouchy former air-force chief who served as Mr Mubarak's trusted last prime minister, stresses a swift end to what he calls "revolutionary chaos".

And in many ways, a divided, grouchy America's hopes do indeed seem to rest with Mr Obama personable, consensus-seeking and capable of delivering oratory of some brilliance, in defeat as well as victory.Yet the Democrats of New Hampshire were probably right to ask for a bit more (had Mr Obama won, he would surely have been unstoppable).

But they also make better salesmen than the grouchy, reclusive male farmers of yore.

Worse still, it has encouraged the belief that "bulls" are virile, astute investors, whereas a bear market is so named because, when bears wake up after their winter hibernation, they are grouchy and bad-tempered.

But the fact is that he was a rare breed: a moderate, however grouchy, willing to vote across party lines.

Those whose licences date back to 1995 are grouchy at having to hand back their spectrum and then battle at auction to be able to stay in business.

Next month, the Letwin roadshow will stop at the Muslim Council of Britain a group that, like many others, is still grouchy about Labour's handling of the war.

Hard-pressed workers are feeling grouchy: workforce surveys report record levels of job dissatisfaction.

Mark Reckless, who defected to the UK Independence Party, was even less fortunate: his new office was so low-ceilinged that he could not stand up in it.As the pressure to make an impact in the chamber, find places on committees and tackle their growing backlogs of constituency work mounts, officeless MPs become grouchy.

Sadat felt that he had more or less done his bit for peace by that astonishing gesture; the grouchy Israelis were less spontaneous.