kvetch

Example Sentences

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“They signed on to extensive letters and virtue-signaling criticism. They held ‘unhappy hours’ at the building where most of them worked, to kvetch about the changes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

“People, and particularly women, tend to kvetch and converse and complain about what offends them, and then they vote according to what affects them,” she said.

From BBC • Sep. 7, 2024

Resorting to his accustomed modesty, Mr. Kitman, tongue planted firmly in cheek, also soliloquized on his bona fides as a constructive critic rather than a chronic kvetch.

From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2023

It’s easy to kvetch about wearing long underwear to watch Little League games or donning a down jacket to work in the garden.

From Seattle Times • May 10, 2022

“No, but I had to listen to him kvetch for a solid twenty minutes before he surrendered them. If there’s one thing that man knows, it’s how to lecture people.”

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros