How do you use Grumble in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like rumble or plain, plus the exact meaning.
Grumble meaning
- A high thundering, rumbling or growling sound.
- The sound made by a hungry stomach.
- A surly complaint.
Synonyms of Grumble
Using Grumble
- The main meaning on this page is: A high thundering, rumbling or growling sound. | The sound made by a hungry stomach. | A surly complaint.
- Useful related words include: rumble, kvetch, quetch, sound off.
- In the example corpus, grumble often appears in combinations such as: to grumble, grumble about, will grumble.
Context around Grumble
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 8 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Grumble
- In this selection, "grumble" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, common, mumbaiites, perhaps, isn, tummies and less stand out and add context to how "grumble" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a common grumble that politicians and begin to grumble about being. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "grumble" sits close to words such as aare, aarti and abl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with grumble
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Domain investors and registrants will grumble. (6 words)
It's so easy to grumble isn't it? (9 words)
We'd perhaps grumble less, afterward, at God's handiwork. (10 words)
Sure, we all have a moan about the stuffy air on the Northern line, the sweltering heat on the Central line, and the ear-piercing screech of the Victoria line, but let's face it, we'd grumble a lot more without it. (43 words)
The UK hasn’t won Eurovision since 1998, causing many Brits to grumble about our inability to put forward contestants that are testaments to our proven pop prowess (we are the country that produced Ed Sheeran, after all). (38 words)
In response, the father-of-four decided to stock up on £53-worth of extra items from B&M to ensure the disgruntled ‘neighbours’ had something else to grumble about as they walked by. (34 words)
It's so easy to grumble isn't it? (9 words)
Example sentences (20)
As investors, we can grumble about the way things “should be,” or we can respond to the way things are.
At £1.75 for just two little pies they were definitely the most expensive offering but, of course, it was impossible to grumble with the taste and texture.
Portia will grumble to Marcus Taggert (Réal Andrews), but Taggert may think Portia needs to own up to her mistakes and trust that Curtis will come around eventually.
This family of bat-people are Good Samaritans, helping where others would not, providing guidance in their quest and even surrendering their family car — despite bat-dad's grumble of dismay.
Aberdeen fans might grumble about an early start, Celtic might whinge about recovery time before their Champions League clash against Atalanta.
He said that though the APC in the FCT had some challenges, it was not a time for members to grumble.
Sure, we all have a moan about the stuffy air on the Northern line, the sweltering heat on the Central line, and the ear-piercing screech of the Victoria line, but let's face it, we'd grumble a lot more without it.
The markets want to be fooled, and so accept unrealistic future public spending plans as long as the Office for Budget Responsibility continues to grumble rather than rebel.
The rich and poor alike in Nigeria have been forced to grumble at the new equalizing reality.
The UK hasn’t won Eurovision since 1998, causing many Brits to grumble about our inability to put forward contestants that are testaments to our proven pop prowess (we are the country that produced Ed Sheeran, after all).
Domain investors and registrants will grumble.
With every comic book movie comes legions of comic book fans who grumble that the costume doesn’t look at all like the one on the page.
In response, the father-of-four decided to stock up on £53-worth of extra items from B&M to ensure the disgruntled ‘neighbours’ had something else to grumble about as they walked by.
It’s a common grumble that politicians’ lifestyles are farremoved from those of their electorate.
It's so easy to grumble isn't it?
It was an audacious move, and while Mumbaiites grumble in traffic pile-ups everyday, not many are shy of admitting the megapolis needed the hard love.
China's massive and expanding "Belt and Road" trade infrastructure project is running into speed bumps as some countries begin to grumble about being buried under Chinese debt.
Perhaps these children are members of a cool new club called Grumble Tummies or Hungry Hippos.
True free agency would be all players on 1 year deals…but they would grumble at that as well.
We'd perhaps grumble less, afterward, at God's handiwork.
Common combinations with grumble
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to grumble 8×
- grumble about 6×
- will grumble 2×
- grumble at 2×
- grumble that 2×