repine
verb (used without object)
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
had repined
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past perfectof repine.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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No wonder Pepin had repined at separation from so lovely a mistress!
From Dreams and Dream Stories by Anna Bonus Kingsford
I had gazed upon the fortifications and impediments that seemed to keep human beings from entering the citadel of nature, and rashly and ignorantly I had repined.
From Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Then I reproached myself with my unthankful temper, and how I had repined at my solitary condition; and now what would I give to be on shore there again!
From The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner, Volume 1 With an Account of His Travels Round Three Parts of the Globe, Written By Himself, in Two Volumes by Daniel Defoe
Then I reproached myself with my unthankful temper, and how I had repined at my solitary condition; and now what would I give to be on shore there again?
From The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1808) by Daniel Defoe
"Mr. Arthur, sir, if I had repined at all at that accident, and felt it as a misfortune, how this would have reproved me!" spoke Jenkins, in his simple faith.
From The Channings by Mrs. Henry Wood
