repine
verb (used without object)
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
was repining
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past progressiveof repine.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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I had no idea you were within miles, and was repining bitterly that I had let you get so far out of the way.
From The Passenger from Calais by Arthur Griffiths
The most part of them concluded that he was repining for the loss of his former state.
From The Scapegoat; a romance and a parable by Sir Hall Caine
While he was repining, in came a Friend of his Youth, named Jim.
From People You Know by George Ade
