What is "grumbled"

Usage examples of "grumbled".

Kelly grumbled, arriving at the window as the other end of her pace way.

Okker grumbled, but his gnarled fingers sped with unexpected agility across the communications board.

The landing party, now thoroughly bored and stiff, grumbled back into action.

You might as well spend the time in coldsleep, she grumbled to herself, as try to act as if you were in coldsleep.

Over it, she wore the recommended outerwear for Diplo's severe winter, light and warm on a one-G world, but (she grumbled to herself) heavy and bulky here.

Alvec grumbled, settling into his crash-couch and fastening the restraint harness.

Carialle grumbled as she ordered out a couple of servos to begin first aid on Keff.

Even their 'Dinis grumbled about the heat on the plascrete of the landing field.

The dragons grumbled, Carenath ingenuously remarking that Faranth wanted another meal, too, but Sean was adamant, and the dragons obeyed.

He grumbled, moaned, and muttered as he sat cross-legged to sketch and peer.

But Prideth grumbled anxiously when Kylara gave her the coordinates for Nabol Hold, not Southern Weyr.

Canth grumbled that someone had swept the sandy accumulation from his weyr-couch and he had nothing to scour his belly hide with now.

Yanus grumbled a good deal about Alemi being too experienced a seaman to get injured, but his grumbling subsided when Mavi pointed out that here was a chance to see if Alemi's first mate would be capable of assuming command of the ship being finished in the building Cavern.

Piemur grumbled because the pies should be hot, and Menolly countered that he ought to be grateful for the treat so soon after a gather!

He was not surprised to find that the drums had been left for him to polish, or that Dirzan grumbled about his absence because how could he learn enough to be a proper drummer.