gripe
verb (used without object)
to complain naggingly or constantly; grumble.
is griping
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present progressiveof gripe (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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But there is griping in the village that McD’s may have become too popular.
From Time ● Aug. 16, 2016
Now the VA is griping because so many veterans have chosen to remain members of the 52-20 Club.
From Time Magazine Archive
There is griping and straining in the lower part of the abdomen, and generally great bearing down when at stool, with a peculiar distress after the evacuation, called tormina.
From An Epitome of the Homeopathic Healing Art Containing the New Discoveries and Improvements to the Present Time by B. L. (Benjamin L.) Hill
