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Examples of gripe
gripe
No doubt Sooner fans will gripe about the critical fumble in the second quarter.
From the omaha.com
Part of the tragedy of Mosqueda's death was that he had no gripe with Villazano.
From the news-journalonline.com
His slow start led Logano to gripe in April that his critics weren't being fair.
From the kentucky.com
Santorum is just the latest to gripe at Google over how it ranks search results.
From the cnn.com
My only gripe is his bizarre insistence that James Tomkins can play in midfield.
From the guardian.co.uk
There is much to snipe at and gripe about in contemporary America, Dorfman says.
From the npr.org
This year, with a bumper crop of places opening, that gripe is becoming obsolete.
From the democratandchronicle.com
Mind you, I didn't hear a single gripe about Ohio State's schedule before Sunday.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
Charges on debit card transactions overseas is the biggest holiday money gripe.
From the independent.co.uk
- Complain; "What was he hollering about?"
- Informal terms for objecting; "I have a gripe about the service here"
- (griping) colic: acute abdominal pain (especially in infants)
- Arena Gripe is an indoor sporting arena located in Split, Croatia. It is part of Sport Recreation Center (SRC). It features two halls. The capacity of the lesser arena is 3,500 people. The seating capacity of the larger one is 6,000. It is currently home to the KK Split basketball team. ...
- A gripe is a simple form of clamp used in building a clinker boat, for temporarily holding the strake which is being fitted onto the one to which it is to be attached. ...
- A complaint; a petty concern; The name of a specific wire rope, often used on davits and other life raft launching systems; To make a grab (to, towards, at or upon something); To seize, grasp; To complain; to whine
- (Griping) The action of grip[p]ing, clutching, grasping, or seizing tenaciously, especially with the hands, arms, claws, and the like.
- (264) [Archaic] to grasp or clutch; to distress; oppress; afflict.
- A sailing vessel gripes when, by poor design or imbalance of sail, it tends to end up with its bow into the wind when sailing close-hauled. The sails flap around, forward progress is halted and she is very hard to steer. On land, the term means to complain, complain, complain.
