- present participle of gripe.
griping
Example Sentences
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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
The griping over Ms. Noem’s expensive marketing campaign was pretextual.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026
Sweeney has been the subject of online griping since her American Eagle campaign debuted.
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2025
Mrs. van Daan’s constant griping is unbearable; now that she can no longer drive us crazy with the invasion, she moans and groans all day about the bad weather.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
