gripe
verb (used without object)
to complain naggingly or constantly; grumble.
was griping
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past progressiveof gripe.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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First sign of on-ice struggle — and there was plenty last season — and you just know some player was griping about the lack of “street cred” on staff, rightly or wrongly.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 9, 2022
Some 455 drama and comedies were available for you to view on your way home, at your kid’s ballgame, while your spouse was griping about that co-worker who drives her crazy.
From Salon ● Dec. 22, 2016
I was griping about various aspects of being alive that I’d come to find agitating.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 26, 2015
Sam Golden, 24, who works in public relations, says he learned about property guardians from a longtime squatter—who was griping about capitalists edging in on squatters' turf.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2014
I was griping so loudly, Bobby Gene started patting the air to quiet me down.
From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon
