repine
verb (used without object)
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
unrepining
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a word derived from
repine.
Example Sentences
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I am another person under the genial influence of the sun; I can live unrepining with no other enjoyment but the country made bright and cheerful by its beams; till then I languish.
From The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) by Florence A. Thomas Marshall
I plunged into my husband's occupations, became his copying clerk, corrected his proofs, and fulfilled the task with an unrepining humility, which contrasted strongly with a spirit as free and tried as mine.
From History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution by H. T. Ryde
Not the same as she had been before—Dr. Philip Pomeroy knew and felt the difference; and yet submissive and apparently unrepining.
From The Coward A Novel of Society and the Field in 1863 by Henry Morford
Now, then, at last, thought Cecilia, all perplexity is over!—the change of name is the obstacle; he inherits all the pride of his family,—and therefore to that family will I unrepining leave him!
From Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress — Volume 2 by Fanny Burney
I had passed two whole years alone unrepining, but now I was miserable.
From Mathilda by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
