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How to use gripe in a sentence

11 example sentences · verb, noun

Gripe means to complain; to whine. Example: “What's griping you?”

Examples of gripe by meaning

verbTo complain; to whine.

  • After making The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen in 2003 (and griping to the press that he was “fed up with the idiots”), Sean Connery enjoyed 17 years of retirement before he died in 2020.2025 September 24, Stuart Heritage, “Go quietly and get a side hustle: how to quit acting properly”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

verbTo annoy or bother.

  • What's griping you?

nounThat which is grasped; a handle; a grip.

  • the gripe of a sword

nounOppression; cruel exaction; affliction; pinching distress.

  • the gripe of poverty

More sentences with gripe

  • Everyone has their own old-man-yelling-at-cloud gripe that they just can’t let go.2021, Ruby Tandoh, Cook As You Are: Recipes for Real Life, Hungry Cooks and Messy Kitchens, London: Serpent’s Tail, →ISBN. From the entry old man yelling at cloud
  • "Crimony!" Matthew griped as he bent over and tried to catch his breath.2008, Carolyn Hart Bennett, Seven Sisters: The Voyage, →ISBN, page 169. From the entry crimony
  • She griped fetchingly at a clot of news workers who blocked her view.1996 February 20, Francis X. Clines, “Judgments On Politics, Primaries, Pancakes”, in New York Times, retrieved 18 Jul 2015. From the entry make a better door than a window
  • A negaholic can't seem to speak without griping or complaining.2013, Tom Ward, Paul Gustavson, Ed Foreman, The Power of Living by Design, FriesenPress, →ISBN, page 77. From the entry negaholic
  • "What kind of Conch Queen of Doom are you?" he griped, angrily jabbing at Sabrina with his trident.1999, Bobbi J. G. Weiss, David Cody Weiss, Age of Aquariums, Archway Paperback, →ISBN, page 133. From the entry merguard
  • A few truck drivers griped drowsily about the tattlers in their cabs which graphed the mileage per hour per day.1960, Edward Hogland, The circle home. From the entry tattler
  • The main gripe with new condominiums these days is the lack of space, and that was apparent in this three-bedder unit with its small bedrooms and communal spaces.2017 July 8, “A 3-bedder condo with space for a family of three”, in Lookbox Living. From the entry bedder

Meaning of gripe

  1. verb To complain; to whine.
  2. verb To annoy or bother.
  3. verb To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing close-hauled, requires constant labour at the helm.

Full definition of gripe

Questions about gripe in a sentence

How do you use gripe in a sentence?
Gripe is used as a verb and noun. For example: “What's griping you?”
What is a short sentence with gripe?
“What's griping you?”
What does gripe mean?
Gripe means to complain; to whine.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gripe (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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