Grievance means: Something which causes grief. Related words include grudge or score. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how to use Grievance in practice.
Grievance meaning
- Something which causes grief.
- A wrong or hardship suffered, which is the grounds of a complaint.
- Feelings of being wronged; outrage; resentment, bitterness or anger.
Synonyms of Grievance
Example types with grievance
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The union will be filing a grievance. (7 words)
The audience returned to its usual configuration: grief and grievance, lamentation and despair. (13 words)
The Scottish Tories said it showed he was manufacturing a grievance at the public's expense. (16 words)
Unite the Union say they have now put a collective grievance to owners, signed by 80% of the workforce, accusing bosses 'of a failure to adhere to the most basic legal obligations of duty of care towards staff'. (38 words)
As I understand it, if Bailey had won his grievance, that Patriots could not have released him until after the beginning of the 2023 league year because he’d have had guaranteed money in 2023. (35 words)
Heavy defeats by Ireland and Scotland have placed Wales in wooden spoon contention, but Vunipola believes that against they will be driven by their sense of grievance and the prospect of humbling their fiercest rivals. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Through it all, the Oromo liberation grievance theology has remained constant and has made Oromo politics a self-defeating phenomenon of eternal grievance and stupidity.
She embarked on the BBC’s informal pay inquiry process, which differs from a formal grievance in that it does not allow input from the person, or for a grievance meeting to take place.
A grievance letter told Swissport about a "failure of duty of care" under the and Safety at Work Regulations.
As I understand it, if Bailey had won his grievance, that Patriots could not have released him until after the beginning of the 2023 league year because he’d have had guaranteed money in 2023.
But these wins are less indicative of organic popularity than of a new front for the rightwing grievance machine, which increasingly uses purchasing power – boycotting, promotion, viral metrics – to make a point.
Elaborating before the media, Dr Jitendra Singh said that the Government has taken several initiatives to improve quality of grievance redressal and reduce timelines of disposal.
Heavy defeats by Ireland and Scotland have placed Wales in wooden spoon contention, but Vunipola believes that against they will be driven by their sense of grievance and the prospect of humbling their fiercest rivals.
In a bid to empower millions of Indian social media users, the Centre recently launched the Grievance Appellate Committee (GAC) that looks into their concerns regarding content and other issues.
Investigators are now considering whether the attack, which may have been meant to be fatal, could have been motivated by a personal grievance or whether it was politically motivated.
It has emerged she asked to be moved from Cathkin High School last year after lodging a dignity at work complaint and grievance with her employers.
It’s the most serious restriction a court has placed on Trump’s inflammatory rhetoric, which has become a centerpiece of his grievance-filled campaign to return to the White House.
Many share a common grievance: that their pay hasn’t kept up with the rising cost of living.
Of the total banned accounts in March, 1.66 million were proactively banned by WhatsApp before any user flagged any grievance, according to a report by the company.
Participants in the chapter are trained to represent incarcerated individuals who wish to file a grievance over their experience within the prison system.
Simon Munkara said earlier this year, he, Mr Puruntatameri and other Tiwi Islanders had filed a human rights grievance with NAB.
The audience returned to its usual configuration: grief and grievance, lamentation and despair.
The citizens of Saco require an update on the Citizens’ Grievance Petition submitted on Friday, Aug. 11, to the City Clerk’s office.
The Scottish Tories said it showed he was manufacturing a grievance at the public's expense.
The union will be filing a grievance.
Unite the Union say they have now put a collective grievance to owners, signed by 80% of the workforce, accusing bosses 'of a failure to adhere to the most basic legal obligations of duty of care towards staff'.
Common combinations with grievance
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the grievance 17×
- of grievance 16×
- grievance and 15×
- grievance letter 12×
- grievance against 11×
- filed grievance 11×
- grievance with 10×
- grievance to 10×
- their grievance 9×
- grievance that 8×