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

That same year, Life magazine quoted an unnamed member of a symphony orchestra griping that Sinatra actually had the temerity to tell them what tempos he wanted his arrangements played in.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025

Some of the pieces in the book written before this real-life catastrophe, though, suffer from the rote world-weariness of the columnist accustomed to griping to order.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2025

The children were likewise worn out and went to bed with only minor griping about the lumpy mattresses and thin, scratchy military blankets.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood