gripe
Frequently Asked Questions
- He always gripes about his old job—he should just move on.
- Quit your griping and just get to work!
- I have a few gripes about the way things were handled, but they’re pretty minor.
Example Sentences
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Much about the grimy parts of Burning Man is left unmentioned, leaving it up to Redditors to gripe about sanitation pile-ups departing Burners leave in nearby towns.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026
In the 1980s and 1990s, the gripe was “stick to reading, writing and ‘rithmetic,” which implies hostility toward expanding those lessons to more complex ideas like literary analysis, critical thinking, and higher math and sciences.
From Salon ● Mar. 30, 2026
Yet back-to-back red cards against Burnley and Arsenal followed, Chelsea continue to be outrun in the Premier League, and lapses in concentration have become a weekly gripe from the 41-year-old.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2026
Her biggest gripe was having to cook at home almost every day after work.
From Barron's ● Dec. 31, 2025
Her gripe with Rhonda had been petty, as most childhood resentments are.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
Their gripes abound: Lanes aren’t properly oiled; machines break down regularly; leagues are assigned lanes right next to rowdy parties; food is exorbitantly priced.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
“You’re bleeding all over my counter,” one gripes when Miao races to a police station to report the crime.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
It’s a “three-ring circus”: the merits docket, the shadow docket, and the justices’ increasingly public intramural snipings and gripes.
From Slate ● May 30, 2026
This was an increase from just over 70,000 in 2020-21, with one of the main gripes about poor response times.
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
He didn’t have too many gripes about them— as parents went, they were pretty decent.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Executives griped to Dimon about what they saw as Bisignano’s use of company resources for his own benefit, including allegations Bisignano misused the corporate jet for personal purposes, people familiar with the matter said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Neither of these merit calls to the Federal Communications Commission, but past complainants griped about less.
From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2026
“The system here is broken on many levels,” she griped in a statement.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2025
He has griped that Mr. Blanche, a former federal prosecutor and veteran litigator, has not been following his instructions closely, and has been insufficiently aggressive.
From New York Times ● Apr. 30, 2024
“Hume means everything to us. Unless he recovers quickly and regains condition we won’t have much chance,” Ulbrickson had griped to the Associated Press a week before.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
The 56-year-old native of upstate New York left his first term on the board prematurely in 2011, griping over policy differences.
From Barron's ● May 12, 2026
There was much intra-Senate grousing and griping and bickering in the days preceding Friday morning’s vote.
From Slate ● Mar. 28, 2026
Plenty of Kobe Bryant fans began griping online about the Heat’s tactics, which they said sullied a legendary evening.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026
Sweeney has been the subject of online griping since her American Eagle campaign debuted.
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2025
I was griping so loudly, Bobby Gene started patting the air to quiet me down.
From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon
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