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Example sentences for: grumbled

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

As we marched slowly along, he grumbled in my ear, 'I smell you in the dark!
Pessimists grumbled that Woods is so superior he'll make tournaments boring, and that his corporate marketing machine (whose hour-long biography of him was aired by CBS during the tournament) is tarnishing his divinity.
Carl Levin, D-Mich, grumbled that Starr "or people in his office are trying to impact this trial.
In addition, he talked about himself in the annoying "third-person jock," whimpered about Deep Blue's superior firepower (news flash, Garry: the other side usually demonstrates that when it beats you), and grumbled his way through a trash-talk version of "wait till next year."
Since we have all marveled (maybe grumbled might be a better word) at the way bottlenecks appear and disappear with no apparent cause, I sped through the story in hopes of discovering a telling insight.