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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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
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
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
She struggled, rebelled, repined, and ended with yielding.
From A Letter of Credit by Susan Warner
