grouse
noun
any of numerous gallinaceous birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae.
was grousing
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past progressiveof grouse.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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By Tuesday night, however, he was grousing on his Truth Social website that China wasn't giving credit to the US for its support in World War Two.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2025
By 2020, I was grousing that “Gone Girl” had started a “fad” for contrived suspense novels “that rest on nonstop plot reversals.”
From Washington Post ● Jun. 12, 2022
By that September, Nixon was grousing again about the protesters to William Safire, his speechwriter.
From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2020
Roughly half the issues I was grousing about last week have already been remedied.
From Time ● Sep. 11, 2012
What really happened was that Lord Loudwater was grousing about the allowance—at being reminded every six months that he had behaved like a cad.
From The Loudwater Mystery by Edgar Jepson
