In addition to all this, the House of Lords has made provision for the appearance of lovely woman, which contrasts most favourably with the curmudgeon and churlish arrangements of the House of Commons.
At this I was angered beyond all control And snatched her away ere the crier could close; Whereupon the old rancorous curmudgeon flamed up With despite and beset me with insults and blows.
The old curmudgeon keeps her judiciously veiled from mortal ken.
But was I to blame, when I had the rich possessions of my curmudgeon of an uncle in expectation?
The old curmudgeon of a father had found my sonnets and acrostics hid away in holes and corners of his shop; he had no taste for poetry like his daughter, and had instituted a rigorous though silent observation.
Walker had no right to force a girl like Sally to marry an old curmudgeon she hated.
This old curmudgeon carries a small fortune around with him all the time, and never accepts a check in any transaction.
How the doctor was fitted with a musquet under Captain Curmudgeon Chap.
There was a gray-headed curmudgeon of a negro that lived hard by, who had a whole budget of them to tell, many of which had happened to himself.
He was my ancestor by the mother's side, and an old miserly curmudgeon he was.
You're the dullest old curmudgeon ever permitted to come into polite society," he declared, looking aggrieved.
You're the grumpiest old curmudgeon I ever knew," said Gordon, interrupting my cogitations.
Mrs. Jackson asked as the famous curmudgeon entered the dining-room Thursday evening.
It was wonderful, he thought, almost uncanny, how the curmudgeon was doing just what he had schemed out that he would do--willed him to do.
The inky seed disseminated through the press was, he felt, bound to take strong root in the fertile consciousness of Mrs. Curmudgeon W.
The worst curmudgeon west of Pittsburg," said McLaughlin.
Skinner had reckoned that about that time the curmudgeon would be lounging around downstairs, waiting to meet him quite accidentally, so he permitted himself a cigar and a stroll in the office, which stroll was made to appear casual.
He led Skinner over to where the curmudgeon was sitting.
A grave curmudgeon turning his back on the beguilements of certain pretty oyster-wenches at their stall.
But my uncle was resolved her husband should be rich as well as distinguished; and I discovered the old curmudgeon had an extreme horror of poverty.
Clifton laughed to himself at that old curmudgeon as he left him to go home, with his star.
I want to talk over that tule land proposition with him, but as he isn't here I'm going over to talk on the same business with a miserly old curmudgeon named Bolton.
I gave a quick look about the room with the thought that I should discover the spare face and sardonic smile of the curmudgeon enjoying the flutter into which he had thrown the solid men of the city.
As we reached the Kendrick house the magnate roused himself from a brown study and said: "The curmudgeon is a rather amusing cuss, Hampden, if you know how to take him.
Somebody then observed, that it must have been with smoke and not the beer that affected his brains, as he drank but little; a remark that imputed niggardly and curmudgeon propensities to him.
Our hero fairly held his sides with laughter as the old curmudgeon sprawled about, vainly endeavouring to free himself from the pot, in which his terrible shouts for help were entirely lost.
No village is complete without its curmudgeon or self-appointed grumbler, just as every village has its special imbecile.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "curmudgeon" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: churl; miser; niggard
