grouchily

"I won't answer a single phone call," Father said grouchily.

I do actually think about these things, you know," Nan said grouchily.

"At least you don't jerk her around the way some of those guys do," he said grouchily.

The damned superior court will lighten his sentence, he thought grouchily.

He ordered everyone inside and grouchily sealed the ports.

The men grouchily gave them a choice: watch the last half of a Korean soap opera on television, or wait it out under the stars.

I curled a lip grouchily and cast out my consciousness, calling for Coyote.

"You do seem in a pleasant mood," remarked Marcus, somewhat grouchily.

Yes, someone will come along and grouchily proclaim it's a gross simplification, but that's part of the debate.

"Stop it," I said grouchily as we turned into Porter Street.

'You don't seem to be having any problems,' she pointed out, a little grouchily.

Somewhat grouchily, Miles met his houseguest at the door.

'Never mind, get on with it,' he said grouchily.

"That's what you think," he said grouchily.

Since Pierce was an old acquaintance, the criminologist had grouchily agreed to scan the spoken sounds in his laboratory.

A press of problems tumbled about his disordered mind as he got grouchily from the bed, wandered to the closet for clothing adequately dirty.

"We just came over here to make friends," said Rex to Trebold, who was glaring grouchily.

"I hope not," she said grouchily.

"Quit being such a show-off," Ken muttered grouchily.

He called out hopefully for his cat but she did not deign to appear, mewling grouchily from beneath his bed.

'Thanks for the backhanded compliment,' she muttered grouchily.

"All right," he said grouchily.

"Well, this IS the limit," said Frank grouchily.

That should earn me some big tips, she thought grouchily as she hurried down to the big building's underground garage.