How To Use Curmudgeonly In A Sentence
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This was Chade's curmudgeonly observation as we sat over wine one evening.
THE GOLDEN FOOL: BOOK TWO OF THE TAWNY MAN
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His beautifully enunciated vowels and curmudgeonly misogyny were so accurately rendered that he took over the stage whenever he appeared.
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Beneath this curmudgeonly exterior lurks the soft heart and even softer head of a hapless romantic.
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Among those of us who look on, a few will be curmudgeonly - carping at inaccuracies or misrepresentations of the original.
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It speaks, a little, to me as an affirmation the we (or maybe just I) are more optimistic than pessimistic, which is a bit of a stretch for someone that has been described as curmudgeonly since the age of about 18 or so.
The impersistence of memory
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He takes his shots at me, but he has an acerbic, curmudgeonly style that gives me a laugh and he happily owns up to his prejudices.
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Carli, unlucky at love but still hopeful, works at a deli alongside curmudgeonly Ed Asner, who serves up grouchy asides "You want a spark, chew on a lamp cord" with all the energy of a narcotized bulldog.
Roush Review: Comedy, Animated and Rehashed
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Veteran TV and stage actor Eric Peterson - best known as the curmudgeonly Oscar Leroy on
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Rooney’s remark was curmudgeonly, which is what he does for a living.
Is Discrimination Against Latinos Getting More Costly? - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com
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I am sure they thought me curmudgeonly and grumpy for my silence.
THE GOLDEN FOOL: BOOK TWO OF THE TAWNY MAN
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It's tempting for every generation to come over all 'curmudgeonly' with the next generation.
Undefined
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This attempt at self-denial lasted approximately one minute, after which I gave up and found myself agreeing with all the bad-tempered, curmudgeonly opinions being aired.
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I was going to say the same as Curmudgeonly Ex-Clerk — I learned the word as a second-year law student, clerking for a firm in Urbana, Illinois; I was assigned to draft an Affidavit to accompany a Motion for Summary Judgment, and reminded to “check the form of jurat for Wisconsin, since that is where the Affiant will sign it”.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Jurat
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But if Snoop Dogg's inclusion disgruntles any curmudgeonly indie fans it will hardly make a difference:
The First Post: Latest
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Loses points however for reducing The Fall's world view to "curmudgeonly".
FallNews - Unreadable.....
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Deadpan humour abounds and the curmudgeonly Fin has a whole repertoire of exasperated sighs and steely stares as he attempts to bite the hand of friendship.
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At some moments the soloist's rubato might have seemed overly attenuated, but it would be curmudgeonly to complain, particularly in the light of his ravishingly beautiful treatment of sequential passages.
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Unfortunately, according to everyone whom Nocera interviewed, with the curmudgeonly exception of Nassim Nicholas Taleb, or Taleb to his cohorts and clients and opponents, this course of what most people would call arrogant incaution was essentially a systemic mandate.
Paul(as in Krugman)and Wendell(as in Berry)and Deborah(in lieu of Rupert), Oh My!!
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He certainly makes a convincing case that every trick in comics has been learned from those early newspaper strips, but it would be foolish and unfair to see that as the extent of Spiegelman's argument, painting him as a curmudgeonly anachronist.
The Comics Journal
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This drear December day finds Backword in curmudgeonly mood, barely able to string two words together without an epithet or at least a ‘bah’ or a ‘humbug.’
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Damon admits that some might consider this approach "curmudgeonly," but his larger point is that philanthropy will only reach its full potential by admitting and examining its weaknesses better than it does at present.
Archive 2007-07-01
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As for my getting more and more curmudgeonly, that is an outright calumny).
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The cockies are a curmudgeonly lot at the best of times.
Milk Scandal Spoils
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Is there something curmudgeonly about the fact I take some pride in having read none of the 30 bestselling books of 2009 [9]?
A Progressive on the Prairie » Weekend Edition 3-27 » Print
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We don't seem to be all that filled with holiday spirit around here, but I'm kind of curmudgeonly about that anyway except around my family, so I kind of don't mind ...
Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice
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Overpriced in my opinion, but at least on the brink of bearability, even with my curmudgeonly grumbling.
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With beetled brow, sour humor and a curmudgeonly look at life, Rooney has become a media staple.
Five People Born on January 14 | myFiveBest
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his curmudgeonly temper
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Many of the books we see these days perched perfectly in high street seasonal window displays are written by static, worn-out, curmudgeonly blatherskites.
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Neither was much liked on release - his curmudgeonly socialism was out of step with the times - but hindsight may teach us to value them better.
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Paul S: From yesterday's Observer, a review of the new compilation - complete with obligatory use of 'curmudgeonly':
FallNews
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At this point she clearly dismissed me as a curmudgeonly fussbudget, which I most assuredly am.
Laissez-Fairing: Rules vs. Aerodynamics
