grouse
noun
any of numerous gallinaceous birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae.
have groused
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present perfectof grouse.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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While some have groused that Disney theme park prices have gotten too expensive, the same hasn’t been said of the cruise line, according to a survey conducted this summer by Raymond James.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2024
Without a trade component, many Asian officials and analysts have groused, the U.S. strategy to counter China in the region amounts to all guns and no butter.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 7, 2023
Its story, based on the real-life palace intrigue involving Queen Anne and her female consorts, gleefully skewers the stuffy conventions of its genre, provoking some who have groused about its many anachronisms.
From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2019
Wouldn’t it have been just as reasonable—and by just as reasonable, I mean just as dumb—for the Orioles to have groused about the Twins violating “unwritten rules”?
From Slate ● Apr. 2, 2018
Network and advertising executives have groused that the measurements are wrong and are demanding changes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2017
