Sentences with phrase «part curmudgeon»

The language has a quaint and innocent ring, redolent of the countryman upset by the vices of the city and the new temptations to the young, like movies, while worrying about land use patterns and the waste of resources ¯ part seer and part curmudgeon.

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Roger flubs his part, the scene is cut, and Herman becomes a garrulous curmudgeon, screaming blue murder at the rabbit before storming off the cartoon set and into the grimy studio lot, possibly in search of a Montecristo No. 2.

The transition from blank slate youth to curmudgeon is part of the human condition; we all acquire some sort of «not like the good old days» spiel:

And I feel less the curmudgeon and proud to be part of a profession whose primary purpose is to ensure justice and fairness for everyone.

Last week Otto Sorts, the curmudgeon of Attorney at Work fame, raised several questions about his firm's focus on social media as part of a business development plan.