Wondering how to use Grouch in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as grump or plain.
Grouch meaning
- A complaint, a grumble, a fit of ill-humor.
- One who is grumpy or irritable.
Synonyms of Grouch
Using Grouch
- The main meaning on this page is: A complaint, a grumble, a fit of ill-humor. | One who is grumpy or irritable.
- Useful related words include: grump, quetch, sound off, plain.
- In the example corpus, grouch often appears in combinations such as: the grouch.
Context around Grouch
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 8 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Grouch
- In this selection, "grouch" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 21.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, favourite, snarky, old, bag, themed and committed stand out and add context to how "grouch" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include oscar the grouch and a grouch bag was. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "grouch" sits close to words such as aare, aarti and abl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with grouch
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It is fun for a homebound young grouch. (8 words)
Goldstein met his match, though, with Oscar the Grouch. (9 words)
Nominations for "The Evansburg Grouch" were due last Thursday. (9 words)
The original cast of “Sesame Street” in 1969 included Bob McGrath as Bob, Matt Robinson as Gordon, Loretta Long as Susan, and Will Lee as Mr. Hooper, alongside beloved Muppet characters like Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch. (38 words)
Instead of a failed comic turning into Batman’s future archrival, though, it’s a garbageman so disillusioned by the gritty, crime-infested that he movies into a trash can and starts calling himself the Grouch. (36 words)
Her next-door neighbor (Holland Taylor) is not only a cantankerous old grouch committed to conspiracy theories and celebrity confusion, but also a potentially bleak window into what Anne's reclusive life could lead to. (35 words)
David Harbour is giving Oscar the Grouch a back story! (10 words)
Example sentences (19)
After the nominees have been chosen, donation cans pop up around the community and people can vote for their favourite grouch through donations.
Beth Thames Mathieu and Kevin Mathieu are volunteers for the Berkeley County Earth Team and their Oscar the Grouch-themed art captured the top prize in the competition, which took place this past June.
But as she and Lawrence begin seeing each other, she also must deal with the snarky grouch that is his best friend Reid, who also is interested in her.
Goldstein met his match, though, with Oscar the Grouch.
Her next-door neighbor (Holland Taylor) is not only a cantankerous old grouch committed to conspiracy theories and celebrity confusion, but also a potentially bleak window into what Anne's reclusive life could lead to.
Nominations for "The Evansburg Grouch" were due last Thursday.
Elmo's friends, from Bert and Ernie to Oscar the Grouch, shared in the hashtag, offering their support, too.
For anyone who has flown with United Airlines over the last year or so, you've likely seen the in-flight video promoting the company's first Chief Trash Officer — Oscar the Grouch.
Sodi Moore, a regular member of Nightshade Burlesque’s cast, pulled off a sexy, vamped-up Oscar the Grouch at the November show.
The original cast of “Sesame Street” in 1969 included Bob McGrath as Bob, Matt Robinson as Gordon, Loretta Long as Susan, and Will Lee as Mr. Hooper, alongside beloved Muppet characters like Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch.
It is fun for a homebound young grouch.
David Harbour is giving Oscar the Grouch a back story!
Instead of a failed comic turning into Batman’s future archrival, though, it’s a garbageman so disillusioned by the gritty, crime-infested that he movies into a trash can and starts calling himself the Grouch.
It’s like saying Oscar the Grouch went to the garbage.
The stewardess said, 'Oh, you`re not grouchy, you're more sexy than grouch.
Wow. Ibsen may have been a mutton-chopped grouch, but his audiences sound fabulous.
A grouch bag was a small drawstring bag worn around the neck in which a traveler could keep money and other valuables so that it would be very difficult for anyone to steal them.
Grouch bags were worn on manly chests long before there was a Groucho.
Groucho insisted that this was not the case in chapter six of his first autobiography: I kept my money in a 'grouch bag'.
Common combinations with grouch
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: