grievance

Example Sentences

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There was no recalibration nor hint of strategic retreat, only chest-thumping and grievance.

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2026

The bargaining has focused on concerns about the growth and use of artificial intelligence, pay raises and “basic protections” like grievance procedures.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

The internal grievance investigation concluded that she had experienced harassment but found that it did not amount to unlawful discrimination.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026

Brazil's Indigenous communities have raised the alarm for months about port expansion on rivers they see as vital to their way of life, a grievance they protested at COP30 climate talks last November.

From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026

Stannis Baratheon with a grievance was like a mastiff with a bone; he gnawed it down to splinters.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin