repine
Example Sentences
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More a conscious repining at their existence, mixed with revulsion at the thought that she occasionally had to share space with them.
Freeman called Lee “the Southern Arthur” who “accepted fame without vanity and defeat without repining.”
From Washington Post
She whispered a poem: “The storm is past, no more repining Behold! the gentle sun is shining” “Yeah,” muttered Charles, “but the track is still too heavy for Seabiscuit.”
From Literature
Far from repining in the sheltered world of the rectory, she was surrounded by sensational, exotic, dramatic life.
From The Guardian
Arthur was inclined to think that Sylvia had much less cause to repine than he; the more tales she told him of her life, the more tributes of envy he paid to her good fortune.
From Project Gutenberg
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
