grievances
- plural of grievance.
Example Sentences
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Grievances vary widely from country to country, but the bottom line is similar everywhere: farmers claim it is getting increasingly harder to make a living.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2024
Grievances have long been brewing in the European Union’s leading agricultural power.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 30, 2024
Grievances sparked by soaring prices and the economy’s sluggishness led to widespread protests against the government in 2017 and 2019, mostly in working-class and lower-income areas.
From New York Times • Oct. 2, 2022
Grievances first go to a counselor who attempts to resolve the complaint.
From Salon • Dec. 7, 2020
Grievances are for peace time, when a general huffiness and stuffiness about the way that everyone else conducts business is natural and indeed expected.
From Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 11, 1914 by Various
