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

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

On what planet, industry insiders railed, does a Golden Globe-nominated TV writer kvetch — in print! — about the snubbing of a competing show?

From Washington Post • Aug. 2, 2021

“This Sarah Ross. I like her stories. She likes to kvetch without complaining too much.”

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett