Example sentences for: disgruntled

How can you use “disgruntled” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Critics profess surprise that Scottish director Danny Boyle's follow-up to the much-praised Trainspotting should have turned out to be a "pileup of spectacular flakiness" (Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly ). They call the plot, in which a disgruntled janitor (Ewan McGregor) kidnaps and then falls in love with his boss's daughter (Cameron Diaz), "pure, vintage fluff" (Janet Maslin, the New York Times ). Scenes involving angels, played by Delroy Lindo and Holly Hunter, are said to be especially silly.

  • After Diana's death, disgruntled pundits wanted to pass over the adulterous Charles and make his son William heir to the throne.

  • "It is a pretty portrait, and one can understand how many people (including some gullible American academics) wish it to be an early image of one of our most-loved novelists," wrote Aileen Ribeiro, a disgruntled costume historian.

  • According to the Wall Street Journal , people who came to Atlanta last year to set up vending operatons are so disgruntled by the financial baths they took--they've filed more than 200 lawsuits in local courts--that after the FBI cleared Richard Jewell, it began wondering if the Olympic bombing could have been the work of an outraged vendor.

  • When lured out of retirement a year ago--he was "bored to death" of fishing and golfing--the Pacers had just finished a miserable 39-43 season, had missed the playoffs, and were led by a core of aging, disgruntled players.


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