grumble

Preposition: about

• cost: You start out grumbling about the cost; by the end of the party, you're kissing their feet.
• food: The people grumbled about food, they turned to other gods, they broke into factions and plotted or groused or shouted the odds.
• weather: We both had a grumble about the good weather!

Object

• bit: Some pupils ( especially the ones I work with ) are grumbling a bit.
• sound: As the grumbling sound grew louder, a chanting seemed to be born from the building roar.
• something: Sharp rumbling sounds Like a giants belly grumbling, Something was wrong.

Converse of object

• have: Apart from these I 've no other major grumbles.
• hear: Not just my comments and we heard several similar grumbles.

Adjective modifier

• minor: Minor grumbles aside, there is a great entry for this meeting.
• few: Our Crowd 9 - Vocal, fairly noisy, although a fair few grumbles during the last 10 minutes.
• main: My main grumble was the total lack of attacks down the left hand side.
• only: My only grumbles are him sticking to Tory spending rules for the first 2 years.

Modifying Another Word

• about: Got an SMS Text service you want to grumble about?
• no: Plus ça change... Back to Top WEEKS 7, 8 & 9 At last, no grumbling about the weather!
• much: Better not grumble too much we did get more than average.
• n't: Really ca n't grumble with the service from Amazon.
• only: The only grumble we have about the whole package is the quality of the bonus features.
• always: We, as a people, always grumbled when agreeing, but when disagreeing grew glorious.

Followed by an intransitive particle

• out: And notice, it was not " grumbling out in the open " but " in their tents " - behind closed doors.

Used with why or when

• when: The dinner was so good we didn't grumble when told we had to wash up.