How to use "curmudgeon" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "curmudgeon" in popular movie and book plots

  • Paddy lives alone in his Brooklyn apartment, a curmudgeon in grief since the death of his wife, Sophie, over a year ago.  - Last Vegas
  • They are visited by their only child, a daughter, Chelsea, who is somewhat estranged from her curmudgeon of a father.  - On Golden Pond (1981 film)
  • The only problem is the new Santa Claus is a curmudgeon who lost his wife and his will to live.  - In the Nick of Time
  • Eventually he pacifies the old curmudgeon by telling him he’s about to become a grandfather.  - Indiscretions of Archie

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