grouse
Example Sentences
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Even when we grouse about our jobs, by the water cooler and over Slack, the complaint is rarely about working hard.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 2, 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
It happened close to important breeding sites for threatened bird species such as curlews and black grouse.
From BBC • Sep. 11, 2025
And every night, as the old man left for his room at the Y, he would grouse, “You oughta go to school.”
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
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