grouse

Example Sentences

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Young people grouse that employers are monitoring their productivity with “surveillance state technologies” and expect them to “do six jobs in a 40-hour workweek.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025

There was nothing I could grouse about, and I simply admired a good game played.

From Salon • Oct. 29, 2025

What’s the point of working so hard at this if I’m not honored? he might grouse.

From Slate • Oct. 10, 2025

Muirburns are controlled fires set burn off old heather and other vegetation on grouse shooting estates.

From BBC • Jul. 17, 2025

When the grouse chicks grew enough to ignore Hawk, it made her furious to lose control.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen