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Example sentences for "disgruntled"

Lexicographically close words:
disgraceful; disgracefully; disgraces; disgracing; disgracious; disguise; disguised; disguises; disguising; disguisings
  1. She had recently been promoted to the reading of Dickens, and enthralled by the adventures of Barnaby Rudge she had wandered far in spirit from that mountain farm and the disgruntled Babcocks.

  2. Nor did many of even these disgruntled folk grumble openly.

  3. But some disgruntled little wing flapper betrayed us and the fraud got out.

  4. Taking leave of this disgruntled prophet, Gud strolled through the Market of Knowledge to see for himself how it was that these scientists had ruined the honorable business of prophecy.

  5. It has struck me," continued he, looking quizzically at this disgruntled assemblage, "that the koshare might be an acceptable addition to our despondent circle.

  6. He moved uneasily in his chair at the recollection of a nine of disgruntled urchins muttering after a defeat, "Aw, you bunch of stiffs, wait till we get you on our own diamond.

  7. Such an indispensable organ was logically a valuable advertising medium, and before long disgruntled advertisers came trooping back with contracts, quite willing to let the young editor determine his own policies.

  8. The contest had stirred up much feeling, and Lincoln, like the alert party leader that he was, took this means of placating a disgruntled faction.

  9. But the disgruntled Fanning had dived off into the crowd the instant he saw into what a tremendous blunder he had fallen.

  10. Presently the auto chugged off, leaving the disgruntled youth standing on the sidewalk following it with his eyes.

  11. Her audience attended, spellbound, even the disgruntled and unsympathetic Barbara listening with unwilling fascination.

  12. The four girls and Miss Jenny Ann became thoroughly disgusted with the disgruntled spinster's selfish bewailing of her own loss, when the Prestons, who had met with a much heavier loss, were heroically making light of their misfortune.

  13. He'll tell his people that you're a guileless colonial who feels disgruntled with Britain, and may come in useful.

  14. I gathered it was Blenkiron who had had him sent to St Anton, and in his time there, as a disgruntled Boer, he had mixed a good deal with Germans.

  15. Otho now won over the disgruntled praetorian guards who slew Galba and Piso, and proclaimed Otho Imperator.

  16. And so among these disgruntled elements a conspiracy was formed against the dictator's life.

  17. The barbarians were induced to make peace, but only by the payment of subsidies, and this cost Alexander the respect of the army, who were disgruntled at his policy of retrenchment and his subservience to his mother.

  18. They want young blood, the railroad nobs tell it," the disgruntled fireman had been heard to remark in his favorite tippling place on Railroad Street.

  19. Your breath might catch fire, that's why," announced Griscom bluntly, and turned his back on the disgruntled fireman.

  20. Some of the Federalist leaders were disgruntled at Jay's appointment.

  21. There was now the matter of Cowperwood's disgruntled creditors to look into; and if by buying in these he should succeed in preventing the financier from resuming business, he would have him in a very precarious condition indeed.

  22. You done seem plumb disgruntled 'bout something ebber since you come in dis evening," said Rufus, Guy's faithful negro retainer.

  23. Merton and his seven companions were a disgruntled lot when they returned to Madison after forcing an interview with Motor Matt, having their propositions rejected and then watching him get away after unmasking the "commodore.

  24. The other foremen will be able to handle the rest of the disgruntled ones.

  25. In less than half an hour the disgruntled ones were back in the worst haunts of Paloma, spreading the news of Tom Reade's latest outrage.

  26. Many disgruntled elements were warring against him, and others were being more and more stirred up.

  27. The Assembly "gave him all things asked, and he them agent's places to pick our pockets," said one disgruntled planter.

  28. He was especially disgruntled that Andros had been selected since he had against him a long standing pique.

  29. The one disgruntled person was Francesco.

  30. He was sorely disgruntled at the time and so disconsolate later on that it required Zachariah's startling comment to lift him out of the slough of despond.

  31. In any case, the disgruntled lover was not content to acknowledge himself thwarted or even discouraged by the miscarriage of his plans of the night just ended.

  32. All the men felt disgruntled because they believed they would be playing for something they had already won.

  33. The only good umpire is a dead umpire," McGraw has declared many times when he has been disgruntled over some decision.

  34. There was a disgruntled man whose curses upon his kinsman's changing moods were both loud and deep when Douglas Fraser received a telegram that night at Allahabad.

  35. Harold, having predicted great things of Mason, was a bit disgruntled with that youth, and expressed the wish once that Clearfield would wallop him out of the box.

  36. If Fudge could get his base, he reasoned, Harry Bryan would be up, and, in the present disgruntled state of mind of the Point players, errors were likely to result.

  37. Indeed, everything went well with him up to the moment when his family, disgruntled at his persistency in holding to so unprofitable a calling, deprived him of his income.

  38. These disgruntled travelers nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita miss their privilege and duty of enjoying life merely because they miss the point that life is, in itself, enjoyable.

  39. It would not be the first time that Jim Farland had obtained an important clew because somebody interested had grown disgruntled and had turned against his pals; and he supposed this to be a case of that sort.

  40. That wound had healed, and when I left Honduras, I did not think that I had an enemy in the world, unless it was some poor devil of a disgruntled native workman I had been forced to discharge, or somebody like that.


  41. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "disgruntled" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.