Wondering how to use Grump in a sentence? Below are 8 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as grouch or crank.
Grump meaning
- A habitually grumpy or complaining person.
- A grumpy mood.
Using Grump
- The main meaning on this page is: A habitually grumpy or complaining person. | A grumpy mood.
- Useful related words include: grouch, crank, churl, crosspatch.
Context around Grump
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Grump
- In this selection, "grump" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, forrest, green, game, posed, arin and grant stand out and add context to how "grump" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a forrest grump whose suicide and a real grump. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "grump" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with grump
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Publisher: *Yes written by the old grump himself. (8 words)
Apart from the food, my remaining grump was existential. (9 words)
Sue’s dad is a swearing, violent grump, all one-note in his rage. (14 words)
In the original, Rolf Lassgård richly inhabited the role of Ove, a curmudgeonly widower — a Forrest Grump —whose suicide attempts are foiled by needy neighbors and, ultimately, his grudging, sincere devotion to them. (33 words)
Then, when the parade came to an end, the green grump posed for many photos with children and adults who just wanted a chance to be seen with the popular Christmas menace. (32 words)
Of course, we also jumped on the chance to pick Game Grump Arin Hanson's brain about being involved in such an interesting project. (24 words)
Why should you give a rip whether a football man wears his pants above or below the knee, you ask, like a real grump? (24 words)
Example sentences (8)
In the original, Rolf Lassgård richly inhabited the role of Ove, a curmudgeonly widower — a Forrest Grump —whose suicide attempts are foiled by needy neighbors and, ultimately, his grudging, sincere devotion to them.
Then, when the parade came to an end, the green grump posed for many photos with children and adults who just wanted a chance to be seen with the popular Christmas menace.
Of course, we also jumped on the chance to pick Game Grump Arin Hanson's brain about being involved in such an interesting project.
The grump Grant probably isn’t thrilled that Liz used dancing scene to wish him a Happy Birthday.
Publisher: *Yes written by the old grump himself.
Why should you give a rip whether a football man wears his pants above or below the knee, you ask, like a real grump?
Apart from the food, my remaining grump was existential.
Sue’s dad is a swearing, violent grump, all one-note in his rage.