griping
- present participle of gripe.
Example Sentences
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The 56-year-old native of upstate New York left his first term on the board prematurely in 2011, griping over policy differences.
From Barron's ● May 12, 2026
There was much intra-Senate grousing and griping and bickering in the days preceding Friday morning’s vote.
From Slate ● Mar. 28, 2026
Vassiliadis, who became a close friend, described Ralenkotter as a traditionalist: good family man, devout Catholic, not a gambler himself; even in their last conversation, Vassiliadis noted, Ralenkotter was still griping about baseball’s designated-hitter rule.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
This mostly came in the form of griping that Michelle Obama was allowed to criticize him: "Obama, his wife was very nasty to me. That was not nice."
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2024
I was griping so loudly, Bobby Gene started patting the air to quiet me down.
From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon
