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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When one of her older teammates was griping “about a knot in his back,” Ledecky looked at him with a puzzled expression.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 28, 2023
Around this time last year, when Kanye West was griping about the Grammys, he took to Twitter and asked, incredulously, “Has anyone at the Grammys ever heard March Madness???”
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2017
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
I was griping so loudly, Bobby Gene started patting the air to quiet me down.
From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon
