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grievance
noun as in complaint, gripe
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Example Sentences
So, personal grievances aside, I much enjoyed reading Baggott’s new book.
He asked the housing authority to allow Gladden to participate in the grievance process before returning to court.
At district court hearings in September and October, Hughes argued that Gladden had attempted to resolve the case through the housing authority’s grievance process, a remedy available to residents under federal law.
Now that school is resuming, they’re taking their grievances to their respective school boards and pushing for administrators to implement ethnic studies classes that reflect students’ diverse backgrounds as a graduation requirement.
However, Lindsay added, “a culture has developed in which only certain conclusions are allowed … the fields we are concerned about put social grievances ahead of objective truth.”
In early October, Health Republic allowed me to submit a “grievance claim” which I filed, along with a pile of backup documents.
Nor are they moved by outrage over inequality or appeals to class grievance.
These were constituents with a grievance—local New York Jews, who were staging a non-violent protest to voice their concerns.
We do our cause more harm than good if we get outrageously outraged over every slight and grievance.
When the grievance committee, led by a Copé associate, declared Copé the winner again, Fillon demanded a re-vote; Copé dug in.
It would make everyone careful, of course, but I fail to see any grievance in that.
And generally Mr. Crow forgot a grievance quickly, because he was sure to get angry with somebody else.
I have a mild grievance against that talented lady, Miss Marjorie Bowen, for labelling her latest novel "a romantic fantasy."
Her color had risen with the memory of yesterday's grievance, pushed aside by curiosity for some twenty-eight hours.
The friars had power of absolution, independently of the bishop; and it was a bitter grievance.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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