repine
verb (used without object)
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
repined
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past participleof repine.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof repine.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
repineverb (used without object)to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
Example Sentences
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Such unction accompanied these simple and characteristic words that the good lady felt deeply consoled, and she repined no more.
From A Mediaeval Mystic A Short Account of the Life and Writings of Blessed John Ruysbroeck, Canon Regular of Groenendael A.D. 1293-1381 by Vincent Scully
Heaven is my witness, I never repined at my lowly station, till by that I was deprived of the means of rescuing my beloved family from their distress.
From The Sylph, Volume I and II by Georgiana Cavendish
Then the knight returned again to them and shewed the King's words, the which, greatly encouraged them, and repined in that they had sent to the King as they did.
From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VII (of X)—Continental Europe I by Henry Cabot Lodge
Thus time passed, and they became neither richer nor poorer, as is the common lot of men who labor for their bread; but neither Gadallah nor his father repined.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 by Various
This was the only drawback to his earthly happiness; but he never repined, or let a word escape his lips, to betray the wish of his heart.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 14 by Various
