How To Use Grunt In A Sentence

Following the sound, Silk found himself among the sellers he sought Hobbled deer reared and plunged, their soft brown eyes wild with fright; a huge snake lifted its flat, malevolent head, hissing like a kettle on the stove; live salmon gasped and splashed in murky, glass-fronted tanks; pigs grunted, lambs baaed, chickens squawked, and milling goats eyed passersby with curiosity and sharp suspicion. Nightside The Long Sun
There were shoals of grunt and goatfish sheltering in the shadow of our boat.
Among the dainties was a live pig, which squeaking and grunting in anticipation of its fate, supplied to this orderly procession the absence of a musical band. A New Voyage Round the World in the Years 1823, 24, 25, and 26. Vol. 1
Pigfish (Orthopristis chrysoptera) are in the grunt family and are another good bait for most bottom fish.
Then they would disband the defeated regime's army, turning hundreds of thousands of trained soldiers into disgruntled potential insurgents.

Despite scrubbing up well for the shoot, he grunts, ‘I don't think I'll be doing James Bond any time soon.’
There are grunts, an accompanying triangle, and even something like be-bop drums.
All I got for my pains was a grunt that fitted well with his simian features. DEAD BEAT
As they grunted and jabbed, Mr. McCain chatted with a few players and their coaches, shook a few hands and then headed to the sidelines. McCain Huddles With Marshall Team - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
They are insectoid creatures, hunched over and scuttling, with writhing tentacles where their mouth should be and a grunting, clicking language. WATCHING: District 9
‘Good boy,’ he finally grunted when he was sure he could speak without stammering.
No. Are they making grunting noises? Times, Sunday Times
He grunted and disappeared, Walter following disloyally at his heels. Last Night at Chateau Marmont
Grunting, he picked up one sack, bearing it with him as he finished the circuit of the booths.
The love affair was company-wide, although not necessarily shared by the grunts, as one former grunt writes.
There aren't any foreign language soundtracks available on the disc, which could disgruntle some.
Fielding the complaints of disgruntled fans is nothing new to Liverpool coach Rafa Benitez.
It was the desperate act of a disgruntled former city employee who was refused his old job back.
He grunted in pain as a bolt from a crossbow tore a gash in his leg, then he plunged into the water and sank.
To the amusement of the class, we grunted and cursed each other out of the sides of our mouths as we both tried to get through the door.
The girl was silent for a moment, then she nodded, grunting in affirmation.
A solitary disgruntled staff officer accompanied Lohengrin back to his hotel, asking him what he did want, receiving no reply. LOHENGRIN
He is capable of the grunt work. Times, Sunday Times
I suppose that wretched grommet of hers has upped sails and left port,' said Jake with a grunt. THE RIVAL QUEENS: A COUNTESS ASHBY DE LA ZOUCHE MYSTERY
Was language invented extempore, or gradually developed from grunts and screeches?
The rich do pay their way, you disgruntled old bigot. The Sun
O'Mara, a disgruntled bear of a man, contends that the case rests entirely on the credibility of Hearst, which is shaky at best.
Despite being a bike engine, it's got plenty of grunt.
Every third dog causes me to hyperventilate and produce insistent grunting sounds.
He says that he became involved only because he had been approached by so many disgruntled investors. Times, Sunday Times
Merlin checked the readings of a hand scanner that was strapped to his left arm and grunted.
Golden eye or yellowtail grunts, chubs or scads would move unhurriedly across, changing direction with uncanny synchronisation.
British voters were disgruntled but not, it transpired, disengaged. Times, Sunday Times
Beyond, a party had scaled the wall, and there the fight was hand to hand -- with gruntings, thrustings of spears, slashings of long knives that dripped red and cut again and rose and fell with hideous regularity! Darkness and Dawn
A vedro [2 3/4 gallons] and a half to the cauldron!" whispered the ex-soldier with a computative grunt as he gained his feet. Through Russia
The second instalment, thankfully, managed to appease some disgruntled fans. The Sun
At the other extreme, there is the guy who puts out in a hot-water boat at the height of a southerly buster, a cold, wet wind with maximum ‘grunt’, just in case someone is in trouble.
He could face some disgruntled shareholders. Times, Sunday Times
And disgruntled fans questioned the manager and members of the board on where all the money was going. The Sun
I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled. Times, Sunday Times
And you get all this grunt for a lot less money than with both of those cars. The Sun
There is a strange grunting sound coming from the woods now. Times, Sunday Times
The tanner was a disgruntled man; he believed himself entitled to be a Nineteener, but he couldn't get recognition. The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories
A disgruntled former employee is being blamed for the explosion.
'Billy, I think it's your turn to wash the dishes,' said Jane. A noncommittal grunt was his only reply.
We can't imagine why Linda Bollea is divorcing the bald, long-haired, bleach-blond, handlebar-moustachioed, saveloy-armed, grunting play-fighter Hulk Hogan, but the sad truth of the matter is that she is. Hogan Speaks Out On His Son, While His Wife Gets Off With a 19-Year-Old
I suggested inviting them for a visit but he just grunted. The Sun
Except for low-level grunts caught on tape and one top figure (who says not without justification that she's the scapegoat), no one in command is being punished. 04/30/2005
There were plenty of fish: blue-striped grunts, moray eels, butterflyfish, bright yellow trumpetfish and multi-coloured wrasse.
I grunted angrily as we clashed swords, sparks flying off in every direction.
He had the disgruntled air of a writer whinging over a bad review.
There was a grunt from the other room, then a clatter of glass striking uncovered floor.
I suppose that wretched grommet of hers has upped sails and left port,' said Jake with a grunt. THE RIVAL QUEENS: A COUNTESS ASHBY DE LA ZOUCHE MYSTERY
You need only one or two disgruntled patients to post derogatory comments to damage your reputation and that of your practice. Times, Sunday Times
He has his disgruntles just like the rest of the country, with the economy, but that's all they were - small disgruntles. The Seattle Times
Disease is disgruntled , resemble basking in damp - dry fade aubergine.
They had to communicate through signs and grunts.
The owner of the shovel grunted and wrenched another mound of dirt out of the ground.
Call a grunting double coo, with accent on second syllable.
Abasio merely grunted as he went to unhitch Big Blue, leaving it to Olly to mollify Coyote. A PLAGUE OF ANGELS
Some of those currently disgruntled may never get gruntled.
In the front yard the pot-bellied officer was scowling and grunting, exclaiming angrily to the monkish gatekeeper. COUP D'ETAT
Disgruntled employees recently called for his resignation.
In general, vocalizations are varied and include: trumpeting, whistles, twitters, honks, barks, grunts, quacks, croaks and growls.
All I got for my pains was a grunt that fitted well with his simian features. DEAD BEAT
One of the men stripped off her filthy clothes, and the men about her grunted in admiration of her fine figure.
One of the aliens scuttled forward and fiddled with one of its gadgets, finally producing an audible series of grunts, whistles, and squeaks which to Jerome's untutored ears sounded exactly like the sounds of dolphins. A Simple Misunderstanding
I suspect the sniping is all being orchestrated by one disgruntled driver. The Volokh Conspiracy » Oklahoma House of Representatives Proposes Ban on Use of Foreign Law in Oklahoma Courts
And as much as I wanted her to be a disgruntled employee, eager to dish the dirt, she was surprisingly gruntled.
The caves in the granite cliffs were teeming with fry and there were times when I couldn't see my buddy through clouds of fusiliers, grunts and snappers.
And even he, once or twice, coming down from a five-minute levitation, had evoked a soft grunt from the stage floor. C B GREENFIELD - A LITTLE MADNESS
Once in his stall, as soon as Adam had removed his saddle, he sank carefully to his knees and levered his body down into the straw, grunting bravely.
This will disgruntle and confuse the Cultural Warriors -- imagine them celebrating the ACLU -- and it may help us avoid the long and expensive process of deciding who the genuine Christian might be, and the interesting problem of how to dispose of the non-genuine articles. Daniel Krotz: Separating The Sheep From The Goats
He grunted in acknowledgement and we began our search of the top floor.
Do up brown came to mean, however, ` to do anything thoroughly, 'and it thus may be the origin of the phrase browned-off, meaning ` thoroughly disgruntled.' VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VI No 1
They are quiet animals but may exchange snorts, snarls, burps and grunts.
He made a grunting sound, shaking his head for a moment like a disturbed mental patient.
There will be some respite for disgruntled investors this week when the full-year results are announced. Times, Sunday Times
As a consequence, whatever the result the Dominions would be disappointed and disgruntled.
In the distance, a leopard-spotted serval cat took in the scene from the shade, while a hippo honked and grunted just out of sight. Rob Pringle: Where the Rift Valley Ends
What do you expect from a pig but a grunt?
There are certain employees who will be disgruntled no matter how you try to better their role. Times, Sunday Times
The hostage taker, a disgruntled former policeman armed with an assault rifle, was killed by police during a 9-hour siege shown live on TV.
I zoom round the other divers seeking good camera angles, lining up divers with outcrops of coral and sponges, then flitting on to catch shoals of grunts and jacks and all the usual reef fish.
Greer grunted again, accompanying the sound with a short shrug and a jerk of the head.
In "My Jerry Saltz Problem," a spiritedly discursive philippic in the New Criterion about the changing nature of art criticism, James Panero articulates how disgruntled print journalists and traditional art critics feel about new media such as blogs, Twitter, and Facebook. Sharon L. Butler: Jerry Saltz's Burden
Would you be an instinctive soldier, a brilliant commander, or a grunt?
Because the Predator can “sparkle” a target at night — mark it in infrared so that A-10 pilots and grunts on the ground can see it with their night-vision goggles — it opens up a range of options that pilots and infantry never had before. Hunting the Taliban in Las Vegas
There are fish everywhere - mixed shoals of snappers, fusiliers and grunts flowing in and out of the wreck.
Is it true that some of the symptoms of Swine Flue are sedulous grunting, desire to lie in the mud, and the smell of bacon frying brings tears to ones eyes? Texas Declares Feral Hogs Not Tied To Swine Flu
The blind man began singing and talking as we passed by, the two sounds rolling together into squeaks, grunts, and held notes.
When assailed it grunts like a pig, hence its Telegu name _Pandi-koku_, from which the word bandicoot is derived. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon
The pigs were grunting contentedly as they ate their food.
They're about the vulgar, grunting, brainless way in which these subjects are handled.
Not to be outdone, his neighbors could be grouty and grump, glunch, grunch until they were worn out with gruntling. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VII No 1
You can all jump in a road car and say ‘that feels like it's got plenty of grunt.’
Talk of £120,000 a week rightly led to disgruntled Manchester United fans showing their displeasure.
At first he was like to sulk in the style of a hawk who has failed of his swoop; but seeing his enemy arising slowly with grunts, and action nodose and angular -- rather than flexibly graceful -- contempt became the uppermost feature of his mind. Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale
`I wouldn't want you to break a promise," grunted Dog ungraciously. THE ONLY GAME
It looked like a disgruntled teenage jellyfish forced to wear a woolly hat knitted by an overprotective mother.
I tried to say something, but just grunted slightly.
Like Jeezy, he is known for his ad-libs (Giggs's most famous example can only be described as a constipated grunt) and his extremely laidback flow. Music news, reviews, comment and features | guardian.co.uk
I was certainly not the first to be pranked this way - there are a slew of cases of angry pharmacists, disgruntled neighbors, and scorned ex-boyfriends using sites like Craigslist to recruit unwitting accomplices in their acts of revenge - I coined the term "crowdsourcing revenge" to describe the practice. Forbes.com: News
And in a mixed gym it isn't polite to mention you hate to hear men grunting, sweating and groaning next to you.
There are grunts and solemn nods of approval, shaken heads and hunched shoulders. Times, Sunday Times
Having lost her trail, the man gave a grunt of frustration and kicked the curb.
Once again, his disgruntled followers chastised him for his carelessness.
The scurrying grunts tossed a foot-filled boot on to the cargo deck.
The driver grunted, convinced that Michael was crazy.
He gave a grunt of pain and his grip around her throat slackened enough that she was able to break free.
The steering is responsive and it has enough grunt to get you out of trouble. The Sun
He grunted and staggered back before falling to the ground, dead.
He ripped the sleeve of his shirt and tied the wound tight, again grunting with pain.
However, she was not aware, until Davis settled in, that his nights were a continual calliope of snorts, wheezes, gasps, grunts and whistles — in several different keys, no less. The Love Tap
There are a variety of other edible pan fish that may show up, such as grunts and porgies.
He didn't apologise and just grunted and looked me up and down. The Sun
She looks like a disgruntled old man, her ears red, her scalp bald and splotchy.
If the fans are disgruntled with it, I will take that into consideration. Times, Sunday Times
Make no mistake, Feingold's motion to censure is not a foolish nuisance interrupting your busy lawmaking schedules, not an unnecessary distraction from the great work of appealing as unspecifically as possible to enough disgruntled Republicans that we can eke out a tarnished and compromised numerical victory in November. Frank Dwyer: Senators: Stand with Feingold
A reminder that Englishmen have more than grunt and guts is badly required, and what will be so frustrating if changes are not made is that the players are ready and waiting for the opportunity.
He grunted, slung his helmet from a strap on the saddle, and began to pull off his gauntlets. A TIME OF WAR
The slam-bang boredom created by these glorified grunge grunts is almost unlistenable.
We heard a grunt from the undergrowth, then a rustle of leaves, then something pawing impatiently at the ground.
How-ha grunted, and yielded up the obedience she could not withhold; though, as she went down the stairs to the door, in a tenebrous, glimmering way she wondered that the accident of white skin or swart made master or servant as the case might be. CHAPTER 19
Put simply, you cannot have one member of staff in a busy shop, a long queue of disgruntles customers and still expect the member of staff to query and check each and every transaction on the self service tills because, in the case of yesterday, that would mean he would be effectively manning three tills, which is not possible. Norfolk Blogger
Grunting in acknowledgement, too winded to speak, Alex pressed forward.
He grunted as Meyer took the two photos from the envelope delivered by secret courier.
CJ must deal with a disgruntled General and her scene sizzles with crackerjack writing.
The scurrying grunts tossed a foot-filled boot on to the cargo deck.
The African pig is more noted for his _speed_ than for the rashers he offers when his race is run; he is tough, and grunts vapidly; his tail corrugates rather than curls; he eschews jewellery -- his nose is free; and the land also being free, he pays no rent. The Siege of Kimberley
He tweaks the unkempt bristles of yahoos, scourges grunting knuckle-draggers, mocks unibrows and is merciless with gun-totin ', whittlin', racist rednecks who hang out in the fetid swamps of Small Dead Animals and other even danker and oozier places, where pedophile-enablers and stalkers dwell. Archive 2009-06-01
Hat tips to adgrunt Alex and queen ad-bee Caffeinegoddess. Adland
Most of the wolves were nodding to each other and conversing in wolf speech, which consisted mostly of growls, grunts, barks and howls.
Speaking clearly and confidently in sentences rather than monosyllabic grunts makes an enormous difference. Times, Sunday Times
The blond man glared hatefully up to Greg, and the large man kicked him again, drawing another hurting grunt from Vincent.
His demeanor, sometimes indifferent, sometimes disgruntled, works fantastically in Hud.
Disgruntled, for he'd been dozing, Scott croaked, ‘Seen what?’
If the fans are disgruntled with it, I will take that into consideration. Times, Sunday Times
The two grunted angrily, leveling their weapons at her.
Even the horse grunted uneasily at her cold tone.
How did Rhonda Byrne, proponent and chief promulgator of the Law of Attraction, end up attracting such a large number lawsuits and disgruntled former team members? Kathlyn and Gay Hendricks: What Can We Learn From The Lawsuit Against Rhonda Byrne and The Secret?
Much of this will be a matter of uncapping the natural safety mechanisms against excessive strain that humans have evolved with - overclocking the grunt, so to speak.
Simon on the other hand is in love with cuddly toys, and also anything that chimes or makes a silly noise, especially cows mooing or pigs grunting.
This new action-heavy approach threatens to disgruntle hardcore fans of the series.
As the metal weapon hit his injuries, he let out a grunt of pain and released the sword from his grasp.
I could have just written a hundred pages of lisps and grunts and the film would have came out exactly the same.
When I get back to my hotel the surly doorman, who has never been known to stray from his fully enclosed cubicle, grunts at me.
The intro to the old radio show The Shadow was a private in-crowd joke, shared among the grunts of the Pima County Sheriff's Department. HOUR OF THE HUNTER
Only guttural grunts and surreal words-in-isolation issued from my brain and mouth while the record played.
The second instalment, thankfully, managed to appease some disgruntled fans. The Sun
So now, all you lucky people whose names I ordered worked into a rather longish piece of boilerplate latin vocative verse can now share in the tranquil blessings of soft breezes in forested glades, mostly free of singing shrapnel and the deep digestive grunt of artillery. Archive 2007-06-01
We hired you because we have grunt work we need done, now shut up. Times, Sunday Times
For some disgruntled investors, the changes are all too cosmetic. Times, Sunday Times
A disgruntled former employee is being blamed for the explosion.
So judges and magistrates are not subject to litigation from disgruntled litigants.
This survey will argue that disgruntlement persists because Brazil is a battleground between progress and inertia.
Bertie gave an expressive grunt, which conveyed his opinion that there was no accounting for tastes.
Randy says: geosktr: The disgusting speculation from Bloomberg, the fake Republican, about this being a disgruntled health care takeover opponent is a great example about how badly the left wants to provoke the tea partiers to do something — anything — that they can use to tar them with, given that even lying US congressmen didn’t work outwell.’ The Volokh Conspiracy » Faisal Shahzad Allegedly Admits to Attempted Times Square Bombing
In rehearsal he growled and grunted, cajoled and coaxed, insisted and inspired. Times, Sunday Times
In their lone game of the week, St Adolphe blanked the Grunthal Red Wings 5-behind the shutout goaltending of Eric Peloquin.
The respiration becomes more painful; the head is more extended; the eyes are brilliant; every expiration is accompanied with a grunt, and by a kind of puckering of the angles of the lips; the cough becomes smaller, more suppressed, and more painful; the tongue protrudes from the mouth, and a frothy mucus is abundantly discharged; the breath becomes offensive; a purulent fluid of a bloody color escapes from the nostrils; diarrhoea, profuse and fetid, succeeds to the constipation; the animal becomes rapidly weaker; he is a complete skeleton, and at length he dies. Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure
He just grunted "Hi" and kept walking.
The salaries of council managers came under the spotlight as municipal workers went on strike over pay and communities disgruntled by poor service delivery protested in many places.
He is then left with a disgruntled deputy chairman with a large shareholding. Times, Sunday Times
What do you expect from a pig but a grunt?
A good reputation can be severely dented by a dissatisfied cleaner or by a disgruntled customer.
Bonus: adgrunt Dellowe has a big scan from mediaweek on the story with the juicy headline Heads will roll at FP7. Adland
Anyone who has listened to much of O.P. on disc will have come to expect, and enjoy, hearing him hum, grunt and otherwise vocalize his exertions while playing. A High Price to Pay for the Pursuit of a More Perfect Peterson
We have not fallen from grace or lost all sense of decency, as some disgruntled tribunes of the people would have you believe.
JANIS: Other witnesses reported hearing the knifeman roaring and grunting as he slashed and stabbed his victims. CNN Transcript Jun 8, 2008
Weil's recipes for unfussy summer desserts like easy blackberry cobbler, juicy peach pandowdy, and warm blueberry grunt leave no excuse for not taking advantage of summer fruit at its peak.
As he strained upward, grunting, his entire body seemed to swell, like a balloon inflating.
She grunted, her eyes widening as his knee pushed into her stomach roughly and violently.
A familiar voice drawled and the first person who had spoken grunted and walked away.
“Mm,” I grunt, not bothering to ask him to drop the “doodlebug” thing for the millionth time. Slayed
I am lucky to get a grunt till at least mid-morning. Times, Sunday Times
In general, vocalizations are varied and include: trumpeting, whistles, twitters, honks, barks, grunts, quacks, croaks and growls.
Not that she hadn't seen new sights in the Valley: eetees roaring along Figueroa Avenue in a Lincoln Navigator; eetee muckamucks cavorting in a swimming pool full of yellow slime; eetee grunts dead and bloated in an alleyway, lunch for a pack of feral dogs. Asimov's Science Fiction
The Japanese company Kokoro has been terrifying audiences from Paris to Prague with its exhibit of "animatronic," or robotic, dinosaurs that grunt, move and squeal. All The World Loves A Dinosaur
Grunting, the youth swung wildly in a violent riposte, not caring what he hit.
The script is peppered with the sort of bickering and snipes you hear from those disgruntled married couples you unfortunately find yourself seated with on cruises.
Hum! ..." grunted Scattergood, and higgled and argued, but ended by accepting a deed for the land and turning over the machine to Landers. Scattergood Baines
Well, sir, you know that an oak-ball will smoke when you bust it atwixt your fingers -- but there ain't no fire in it," grunted Ham, philosophically. Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers
In general, vocalizations are varied and include: trumpeting, whistles, twitters, honks, barks, grunts, quacks, croaks and growls.
Every time you chose a certain piece of clothing, the man would grunt his assent.
Vocalizations are variable with species, and range from the sharp piercing whistle of the tropicbirds to the guttural grunting of cormorants.
Parents encourage daughters to sweat and grunt in physical competition, and even supermodels sport muscles obtained by logging hours at the gym.
I have it on good authority that spotted grunters are coming on the bite in all our local estuaries right now.
The list includes thinking that policemen look very young these days and grunting when you get up out of a chair. The Sun
Golden eye or yellowtail grunts, chubs or scads would move unhurriedly across, changing direction with uncanny synchronisation.
A low grunt issued forth from his throat.
Disease is disgruntled , resemble basking in damp - dry fade aubergine.
Schools of grunts, coneys and tangs marked the entrance to the grotto, an ancient lava flow that cooled to a black tortured cavity.
But now, in the woods, he shovels so ardently he is grunting.
If you were applying for a grunt programmer or contract design position, then sure, the traditional route may work better.
The disgruntled butler uses the soup tureen as a pissoir.
Yet it would be sad if he were driven to quit a valuable asset in America just to appease disgruntled shareholders. Times, Sunday Times
He is a moving target, who also exhibits what the American military call a ‘grunt’ mentality, and a grunt is an infantryman in the finest sense of the word.
When he got there, and asked if the jolly-jist was stirring yet, one servant snorted, and another grunted, till Joe got rather maddish; but at last one of them skipjacks of fellows, that wear a little jacket like a lass's bedgown, said he would see. The Squire of Sandal-Side A Pastoral Romance
The prisoner in the deserted campong protested and struggled, its ugly grunts disturbing the jungle peace. The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy A Book for Young and Old

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