griping
Example Sentences
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You hear a lot griping about high ticket prices, but artists and promoters set those prices as a reflection of what their costs are.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
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
I was used to seeing Dionysus by the fireplace, playing cards and eating grapes and griping at satyrs, but Mr. D was still away.
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
