How do you use Grumbled in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Grumbled meaning
simple past and past participle of grumble
Using Grumbled
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of grumble
- In the example corpus, grumbled often appears in combinations such as: grumbled about, grumbled that, and grumbled.
Context around Grumbled
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 9 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Grumbled
- In this selection, "grumbled" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, atambayev, privately, monkhouse and loudly stand out and add context to how "grumbled" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include almazbek atambayev grumbled loudly and and as monkhouse grumbled that the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "grumbled" sits close to words such as aav, abdicating and abductor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with grumbled
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Trump grumbled he needed more support at trial. (8 words)
I pulled the stereo out, and, “Oh, dear” was what I grumbled. (12 words)
She thinks she is above the movement,” grumbled a man in the stands. (13 words)
Just as Monkhouse grumbled that the newsdesk was more interested in eastern Europe than east Lancashire, so too have I been known to complain that we cover the machinations of Capitol Hill in far more detail than any English town hall. (41 words)
Ever since Trump released a transcript of his phone call with Ukraine’s president in September, advisers have privately grumbled about a lack of strategic thinking as witness after witness defied the White House’s edict not to cooperate. (39 words)
My nephews and son had grumbled a little about missing a day on the Atlantic beach, but fell silent as we tramped up the steep stairs to the balcony once reserved for enslaved people. (34 words)
Example sentences (17)
I grumbled about having to turn on a VPN whenever I wanted to hit up a few sites, but I'd rather do that instead of giving a government ID to them.
Meanwhile, fans in the region have grumbled about needing to shell out on airfares and hotels to fly into Singapore to see Swift perform.
Trump grumbled he needed more support at trial.
We cross-checked with the railway timetable and grumbled that the train was running late by a couple of hours.
A little more than three years ago, in late December 2015, then-Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev grumbled loudly and publicly in his year-end address about uncompleted hydropower projects with Russian partners.
Ever since Trump released a transcript of his phone call with Ukraine’s president in September, advisers have privately grumbled about a lack of strategic thinking as witness after witness defied the White House’s edict not to cooperate.
Just as Monkhouse grumbled that the newsdesk was more interested in eastern Europe than east Lancashire, so too have I been known to complain that we cover the machinations of Capitol Hill in far more detail than any English town hall.
My nephews and son had grumbled a little about missing a day on the Atlantic beach, but fell silent as we tramped up the steep stairs to the balcony once reserved for enslaved people.
Siege: Trump Under Fire, he says that everyone in Trump's orbit was subjected to being mocked, even his then 12-year-old son Barron who he grumbled was growing too tall.
Another woman came in and looked at the small, local, craft beer list and grumbled under her breath that they didn’t have any Coors.
Houston grumbled that Texans were “stilling the voice of reason,” and he predicted an “ignoble defeat” for the South.
I grumbled about the weight, but realized Wright couldn’t hear me any more than Tamilee Webb could hear me griping through a “Buns of Steel” VHS tape in the 1990s.
I pulled the stereo out, and, “Oh, dear” was what I grumbled.
It's the and is a colossal improvement on the outgoing California, which people grumbled about but which was already pretty good.
She thinks she is above the movement,” grumbled a man in the stands.
Thousands of soup kitchens were opened to feed the hungry people, who grumbled that the farmers were keeping the food for themselves.
Thousands of soup kitchens were opened to feed the hungry, who grumbled that the farmers were keeping the food for themselves.
Common combinations with grumbled
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: