grouch
verb (used without object)
to be sulky or morose; show discontent; complain, especially in an irritable way.
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
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Yesterday I was grouching because nothing ever happened to me.
From Doubloons—and the Girl by John Maxwell Forbes