Vocabulary Word
Word: grumble
Definition: complain; mutter discontentedly; grouch; N.
Definition: complain; mutter discontentedly; grouch; N.
Sentences Containing 'grumble'
Well, sir, it shut down black and still, and then the wind begin to moan around, and next the lightning begin to play and the thunder to grumble.
When you got to the table you couldn't go right to eating, but you had to wait for the widow to tuck down her head and grumble a little over the victuals, though there warn't really anything the matter with them,--that is, nothing only everything was cooked by itself.
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