griping

Example Sentences

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Griping about a snap election call isn’t unusual here, but it generally fizzles out after a few days.

From Washington Post • Sep. 17, 2021

Griping about the subway is a birthright of a native New Yorker.

From New York Times • Jul. 15, 2021

Griping grew about the daily appearance of turkey schnitzel, the poultry variant of the deep fried national dish of Austria.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2015

Griping about stolen ideas will yield you no sympathy from this writer.

From Forbes • Apr. 3, 2013

Much noisy absurdity there was upon it, at home, and especially abroad: "Griping miser," "greedy tyrant," and so forth!

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 21 by Carlyle, Thomas