grouse

Example Sentences

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

From Salon • Oct. 29, 2025

Since the 1910s Egyptians had bemoaned the “notorious volatility of tomato prices” the way Americans grouse about fluctuating gasoline prices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

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

From Slate • Oct. 10, 2025

Some today may grouse about the rules, “but it keeps Santa Barbara looking like Santa Barbara, and not Ventura or Goleta,” Green said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2025

Every single grouse egg, along with her own ten eggs, hatched out and she adopted them.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen