grumbled
past simple and past participle ofgrumble
| 单词 | grumbled |
| 释义 | grumbled past simple and past participle ofgrumble grumble verb[I] uk/ˈɡrʌm.bəl/us/ˈɡrʌm.bəl/tocomplainabout someone or something in anannoyedway: Shespenttheeveninggrumbling to meaboutherjob. [+ speech]"You neverhangyourcoatup," she grumbled. to say something is not right or satisfactory
Ifyourstomachgrumbles, it makes alow,continuousnoise, usually because you arehungry. Complaining
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Noises made by the body Idiommustn't grumble Examplesofgrumbledgrumbled In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Theygrumbledabout supervisors, poor wages, long hours, bad work rules and dozens of other issues. From theCambridge English Corpus I havegrumbledabout the absence of natural capital from official development economics many times before. From theCambridge English Corpus Moser sometimesgrumbledthat some people use computing as a substitute for thinking. From theCambridge English Corpus The consumersgrumbledand complained of exorbitant prices charged for food stuff. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am told that shegrumbledin private about the change in direction. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We spend more time than our predecessors did, but we do all the extra work for nothing, and no one hasgrumbledat it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, we have notgrumbledwhen we have heard that women working the same number of hours are not being paid at the same rate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Many nice old gentlemen travelling in a first-class warmed compartmentgrumbledif the train was a few minutes late. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In effect, theygrumbledabout four aspects of the regulations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Another farmergrumbledjustifiably about the delays in obtaining decisions from the tribunal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that hegrumbledthat we were not being political enough on this side. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 After all, in other connections certain benefits under the old scheme were discontinued and replaced by new ones, and some peoplegrumbledabout it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Itgrumbleda good deal at first, but it has now got the matter simplified and at the moment is not grumbling much. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Certainly, the old system had beengrumbledabout by employers for many years, but they had got used to it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 People havegrumbledabout provisions imposing accountability on auditors. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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