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Example sentences for "grunted"

Lexicographically close words:
grumbly; grummets; grumous; grumpy; grunt; grunting; grunts; grup; grupo; grym
  1. Patricia, absorbed in her own letter, merely grunted "Uh-huh" and turned the page.

  2. Miss Jinny grunted amiably at him, and then rose.

  3. He grunted "Glood-eveling" with a grin at June, but he did not glance twice at her companion.

  4. She looked at him suspiciously and grunted "Hmp!

  5. The only thing I want in a bishop is absence," grunted Morewood.

  6. Morewood, finding his own impression of his conduct thus confirmed, grunted remorsefully as he took down his cue.

  7. You can give orders all right," grunted Bill, "there's no doubt about that.

  8. I'm a pretty husky baby," grunted the boy.

  9. That's just what I supposed," grunted the old gold miner.

  10. And then that bow-legged sheriff will set out," grunted Skinny.

  11. Mebbe so, mebbe not; no be too sure," grunted the Chinaman.

  12. The man, her companion, grunted and went sturdily ahead.

  13. As I did so, I heard the short, grunted signal, and, even up there, caught the crying of the door under the assault.

  14. Tonnison grunted an assent, and thereafter was silent for a while.

  15. Toma, assured Dick was determined to go, grunted his assent, and a moment later Dick disappeared into the bushes on his perilous venture.

  16. The man from Govereau's camp grunted something under his breath.

  17. The guide grunted assent, and rolled into his sleeping bag, which once had been his brother's.

  18. Him old and tough," grunted Toma, "but we cook um long time.

  19. Their guide grunted something under his breath, then looked up, his sober, dark eyes twinkling.

  20. But a moment afterward he grunted and his rifle clattered against the rocks.

  21. Sandy grunted disapproval, but said no more.

  22. Beaver Boy grunted as Casey put his strength on the strap and the broad cinch bit into his glossy skin.

  23. You my brother," he grunted in explanation, "an' I go with you.

  24. So after a few minutes' meditation, he grunted agreement.

  25. So, with unusual patience, he set himself to wait for the return of strength and spring; while the old squaw grunted in undisguised admiration of his appetite, which bordered on the voracious.

  26. Humph," grunted Mollie, getting to her feet rather unsteadily and shaking out her sodden skirts.

  27. Humph," grunted Mollie, eyeing critically the trim little boat in which they had had so much fun and adventure, as the other girls tumbled aboard.

  28. H'm," grunted Calamity, but made no comment.

  29. Catch him yourself,' grunted the man, galloping on.

  30. Thank you for nothing,' grunted his lordship to himself.

  31. He grunted heavily and settled back into his chair as though through, finished with the whole question.

  32. Jankez grunted something and the waiter, not quite bowing and scraping, retreated again from the room.

  33. He took up the glass and tossed the chilled spirits back over his palate, grunted and stuffed the open sandwich into his mouth.

  34. Number One grunted again, and took in the less than imposing figure of Josip Pekic.

  35. He looked up from a report he was perusing and grunted a welcome to them.

  36. Probably walked into the German trenches by mistake," grunted the C.

  37. If only that confounded girl--" He grunted and got up to go.

  38. Monks began to sing; a great brass instrument grunted lamentably; in the body of the building there was silence.

  39. When we anchored, Tomas, beside me in saturnine silence, grunted and spat into the water.

  40. He grunted under the blow, reeled away a few steps, then, charging back at once, gripped me round the body, and tried to lift me off my feet.

  41. Castro, pulling quickly, turned his head, and grunted at a red blur very low in the mist.

  42. Yes; he was just an ordinary roustabout chap," grunted Hepton, disgustedly.

  43. I'd like to have that black boy here for a minute or two," grunted Hank, clenching his fists.

  44. It seemed to her that it was not Ivan Ivanitch that was screaming but someone else, and for some reason the sow again grunted in her sty.

  45. Her master heaved a loud sigh in the next room, then soon afterwards the sow grunted in her sty, and then all was still again.

  46. Somewhere in the street there was a knocking at a gate and the sow grunted in her sty.

  47. Paying no attention to Kashtanka's growls, the sow lifted up her little hoof and grunted good-humouredly.

  48. You gentlemen of the engineer corps are always ready," grunted the cook's helper.

  49. He takes it easily enough," grunted Black to himself as the young chief strode away to confer with Butter.

  50. Mr. Alexander grunted angrily and kept his eyes upon his plate.

  51. As Jimmy had just transferred his little roll of bills from his pocket, to the constable's hand, he grunted and started on slowly.

  52. Huh," grunted the old man, "I don't reckon they are like some verses I had not long ago.

  53. Butsey White gazed at the three stolen signs and grunted a somewhat mollified approval.

  54. Macnooder sniffed the air once or twice in an alarmed sort of way, grunted to himself and went off to try to pump Finnegan.

  55. Iver's a devilish rich fellow and not a bad fellow either," grunted my lord.

  56. Bob grunted inarticulately--an obvious, though not a skilful, evasion of the question.

  57. The friar grunted out something in reply, not very unlike, in sound at least, a hearty anathema.


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