How to Use gripe in a Sentence

gripe

1 of 2 verb
Definition of gripenext
Synonyms for gripenext
  • The students griped that they had too much homework.
  • All of the workers were griping about the new regulations.
  • All that said, Wild fans might not have the most to gripe about in all this.
    — Michael Rand, Star Tribune, 11 Aug. 2020
  • There was griping about its scale, but it was built within the law; that was the city’s fault, not the builder’s.
    — Curbed, 2 Oct. 2023
  • One of the many things Bostonians love to argue (or gripe) about is the layout of the city.
    — Nina MacLaughlin, BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2018
  • Good players shouldn’t gripe about not making the Pro Bowl.
    — Nick Canepa Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Dec. 2021
  • People gripe about having to hear the same repertoire over and over.
    — Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Bicker about the tidying-up or gripe about Dad’s loud sneeze?
    — Ivan Brett, New York Times, 23 July 2019
  • Oftentimes, people would gripe about the hours, the long days.
    — Kristine Phillips, Washington Post, 5 July 2017
  • Still others gripe that the Army should never have closed the post or, at the very least, should’ve held onto the land.
    — Sam McManis, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Of course, some riders still found something to gripe about.
    — Winnie Hu, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2017
  • Those watching from home grumble most about the where, while those who want to attend home games gripe about the when.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2019
  • Paltrow’s lawyer griped to the judge Wednesday about a camera in the courtroom that was trained on his client’s face.
    — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Docs consider colonoscopy the gold standard; patients gripe about the prep.
    — Amy Marturana Winderl, Men's Health, 9 Dec. 2022
  • And while consumers may gripe over the increase, the owners of Halal Plates are facing a surge in prices, too.
    — Emmett Lindner, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2024
  • And during large street events, visitors gripe about the lack of parking.
    — Martin E. Comas, Orlando Sentinel, 29 July 2022
  • And the guys griping about NIL, griping about transfer portal are using it the most and bragging about it the most.
    — Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 31 May 2023
  • Williams offers a brusque, flinty turn as a character all too happy to gripe — and all too proud to ask for help.
    — Thomas Page, Cnn, CNN, 8 Apr. 2023
  • Next time your child comes home from OSU griping about campus housing food, tell them to zip it.
    — oregonlive, 17 Feb. 2023
  • And surely no one anywhere will gripe about the reduction of pre-season games from four to three.
    — Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 22 Feb. 2020
  • Christie had been griping for weeks that Haley had not come out swinging against Trump.
    — USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2024
  • In Season 8, one contestant, Lex, used his time to gripe about Rob, one of the finalists.
    — Sallie Tisdale, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2022
  • Customers have taken to social media for months to gripe about the cooking method.
    — Sarah Min, CBS News, 18 Nov. 2019
  • The left will gripe that Americans who don’t have access to paid leave also don’t have enough money to save.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 16 Sep. 2018
  • The idea is to not just gripe about this frustrating city, but to take time to celebrate its wonder and whimsy too.
    — Heather Knight, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Mar. 2021
  • Of the group, her daughter, Mia Lawson, 19, a sophomore at the University of Tennessee, had the most to gripe about.
    — John MacCormack, ExpressNews.com, 17 Mar. 2020
  • LSU players also did not gripe about the lack of replay ability on that play.
    — Christopher Dabe, NOLA.com, 27 June 2017
  • Perlmutter has long griped about the high cost of Marvel films, putting him at odds with others at Disney.
    — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2023
  • As such, there have been a growing number of stories in which Democrats gripe and grumble that Biden’s age is a problem.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 20 Feb. 2023
  • One: Being fortunate enough to have a job that allows you to work from home right now doesn’t mean you aren’t allowed to gripe about work.
    — Caity Weaver, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2020
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gripe

2 of 2 noun
  • I would rather not listen to gripes about your latest disasters in the dating game.
  • The comics in the 515 can be a proud bunch, prone to the odd clique and gripe over stage time.
    — Lee Keeler, SPIN, 10 May 2022
  • My main gripe is the windscreen, which is not the best.
    — Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 30 Aug. 2023
  • My main gripe is that the onboard venues feel too small.
    — Megan Dubois, Chron, 24 Nov. 2022
  • The gripe here is in the mediocre outcome the Patriots got from the two picks.
    — Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Sep. 2022
  • And this is more of a gripe, but there's no detailed way to track the battery life of the case while in the app.
    — Brett Molina, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2021
  • The second gripe is that the phone’s video recording right now has a bit of a hiccup.
    — Ben Sin, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2021
  • One of the gripes is about the latest film being a musical.
    — Scott Hocker, theweek, 7 Jan. 2024
  • But her gripe about the Covid vaccines may soon be settled.
    — Benjamin Mueller, New York Times, 4 July 2022
  • Perkins said his pay was not his main gripe with Starbucks.
    — Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 26 May 2022
  • Blanco Brown has a gripe with the current state of music.
    — Tricia Despres, Peoplemag, 13 Jan. 2023
  • And, oh, the varied gripes people have about the right way to make a movie musical.
    — Scott Hocker, theweek, 21 Jan. 2024
  • My only gripe—aside from the high price tag—is its short battery life.
    — Brenda Stolyar, WIRED, 12 July 2023
  • As frequent fliers will tell you, there are a lot of gripes to be had with air travel.
    — Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 6 July 2023
  • But their biggest gripe was the cut to laundry service.
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2022
  • The list of council members’ gripes against McGehee is lengthy.
    — Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 14 June 2023
  • The Bruins may have had a gripe, but the Penguins had history.
    — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Dec. 2022
  • Because for a few years, the biggest gripe about foldables was their $2,000-ish price.
    — Ben Sin, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2022
  • My biggest gripe with my brow gels of yore is that the hold never gave what it was supposed to give.
    — Emerald Elitou, Essence, 10 Mar. 2022
  • Fast forward to 2023 and pretty much every gripe on my list has been solved.
    — Nick Guy, wsj.com, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Very much a traditional sports car, with all the joys and gripes that entails.
    — Patrick Bedard, Car and Driver, 19 Aug. 2023
  • The mother-of-three shared a more specific gripe with the neighborhood geese.
    — Lanae Brody, PEOPLE.com, 28 June 2022
  • Our only gripes were, first, the lack of a decent warranty.
    — Mike Richard, Men's Health, 14 Aug. 2023
  • But that was my first and last real gripe about the motorcycle.
    — Josh Max, Forbes, 16 June 2022
  • Our only gripe is with the battery life, which left much to be desired in our testing.
    — Louryn Strampe, WIRED, 26 Dec. 2023
  • The district's gripe with Street Angels stems from the group's willingness to provide tents to the homeless.
    — Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 10 Oct. 2022
  • So this time, is Schaffer saying David has nothing left to gripe about?
    — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Feb. 2024
  • Our other gripe is that the sofa is a little bit small, and the wood framing doesn’t allow for much give.
    — Olivia Avitt, Peoplemag, 3 July 2023
  • One gripe is that the swim-up rooms at this family-friendly resort are only available for guests 18 and up.
    — Katherine Alex Beaven, Travel + Leisure, 20 Mar. 2024
  • My only gripe with the restaurant has been thin pancakes that fell flat, but even there I’m charmed by a surprise cocoa crumble in the vanilla mascarpone mousse.
    — Gabe Hiatt, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2024

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