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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He was always cheerful no matter what difficulties he was in, and neither regretted the follies of his past nor repined over the hardships which had followed them.
From The Explorer by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham
Nevertheless they repined not, but took everything in the spirit of calm philosophy.
From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 by Frederick Whymper
He repined because he had fallen from the proud pedestal where he delighted to view himself, being both the spectator and the show.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers by Elbert Hubbard
Never before had any dared to curb its will or restrain its tongues, and it greatly repined at its bondage, inwardly chafing under a restraint which nevertheless it did not dare to withstand.
From Tales from Spenser; Chosen from the Faerie Queene by Edmund Spencer
He had never repined at his lot, had never wasted his breath in unavailing murmurs.
From Daniel Boone The Pioneer of Kentucky by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
