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as in whining
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely
the time-honored tradition of new recruits complaining about the food in the mess hall
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Recent Examples of complaining
Erik Kain, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Advertisement In Pennsylvania, for example, Republicans filed a lawsuit complaining the state’s rules for accepting absentee ballots that arrive with small errors, like a missing date on the envelope, are too lenient.
—Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
That's definitely something worth complaining about.
—Michael Franco, New Atlas, 21 Oct. 2024
There had been a protest of several thousand people complaining about the flaunting of wealth that the America’s Cup represents.
—George Allen, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2024
So Stafford was not complaining about outlasting the Raiders.
—Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2024
And at school, my peers were complaining about not having opportunities to make an impact or bolster their resume for college because of the pandemic.
—Kate Vitasek, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
Clearly, when the town is populated mostly by total morons whose only qualities are complaining and insulting one another, Jade is correct.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
The balance of his time is spent gaming with online friends and complaining about neighbors who rent in the building.
—Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2024
Verb
Leave none standing, none breathing, none whining and complaining and being useless and miserable all the time.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Advertisement In Pennsylvania, for example, Republicans filed a lawsuit complaining the state’s rules for accepting absentee ballots that arrive with small errors, like a missing date on the envelope, are too lenient.
—Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
That's definitely something worth complaining about.
—Michael Franco, New Atlas, 21 Oct. 2024
There had been a protest of several thousand people complaining about the flaunting of wealth that the America’s Cup represents.
—George Allen, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2024
So Stafford was not complaining about outlasting the Raiders.
—Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2024
And at school, my peers were complaining about not having opportunities to make an impact or bolster their resume for college because of the pandemic.
—Kate Vitasek, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
Clearly, when the town is populated mostly by total morons whose only qualities are complaining and insulting one another, Jade is correct.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
The balance of his time is spent gaming with online friends and complaining about neighbors who rent in the building.
—Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2024
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“Complaining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/complaining. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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