Get to know Gripe better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like kick or beef.
Gripe meaning
- To complain; to whine.
- To annoy or bother.
- To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing close-hauled, requires constant labour at the helm.
Synonyms of Gripe
Using Gripe
- The main meaning on this page is: To complain; to whine. | To annoy or bother. | To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing close-hauled, requires constant labour at the helm.
- Useful related words include: kick, beef, squawk, quetch.
- In the example corpus, gripe often appears in combinations such as: gripe with, gripe about, gripe is.
Context around Gripe
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 6 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gripe
- In this selection, "gripe" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, biggest, common, small and shouldn stand out and add context to how "gripe" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a common gripe and a common gripe of many. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gripe" sits close to words such as acapulco, adrenal and alignments, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gripe
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Her only gripe: Shouldn’t they expand into a bigger place? (11 words)
My main gripe is the windscreen, which is not the best. (11 words)
Even within the confines of kayfabe, that’s a legit gripe. (11 words)
In an interview with Megyn Kelly on Friday, Vance said he has no gripe with women who have struggled to have children and supports efforts to get pregnant through in vitro fertilization but defended his criticism of those who decide not to have children. (44 words)
Exactly, that’s why I love that he doesn’t give a bleep about these people because it doesn’t matter what he does, he could save a baby from drowning they still would find something to gripe about. (39 words)
Her gripe with the song - whose lyrics West cleverly changed to 'through the wire' to reflect his wired-shut mouth after a car accident - was that the Kanye sped up the original tune. (33 words)
Her only gripe: Shouldn’t they expand into a bigger place? (11 words)
Example sentences (20)
A small gripe we have with this model is the limited (8) USB ports it has on the rear but given the case you might use, that could be a non-issue.
Her gripe with the song - whose lyrics West cleverly changed to 'through the wire' to reflect his wired-shut mouth after a car accident - was that the Kanye sped up the original tune.
Her only gripe: Shouldn’t they expand into a bigger place?
House prices are a common gripe of many residents with some young people struggling to get on the property ladder.
My main gripe is the windscreen, which is not the best.
Our only slight gripe is that it makes a loud swishy sound every time you move the material slightly.
People gripe that is considered a comedy, but season 2 mines plenty of genuine humor from the endless bureaucracy standing between this ragtag crew and their dreams.
Whether you're in a rush to head out or just impatient to use your device again, slow charging is a common gripe.
Additionally, traffic in downtown Lexington is locally infamous, and residents often gripe that further development will make the issue worse.
And John, who says he appreciates how quiet and safe it is in Poynton, only has one gripe.
Another gripe is where artists made it onto the list: Nina Simone, De La Soul, Solange, Neil Young, Steely Dan, Kraftwerk, the Velvet Underground and John Coltrane are all far too low.
Data from council complaints aggregating app Snap Send Solve showed parking was the biggest gripe for NSW residents, with about parking submitted to their councils last year.
Even within the confines of kayfabe, that’s a legit gripe.
Exactly, that’s why I love that he doesn’t give a bleep about these people because it doesn’t matter what he does, he could save a baby from drowning they still would find something to gripe about.
Georgetown’s slow, confusing application platform has become a joke for admitted students—something to gripe about and bond over once they get to campus.
However, this is a minor gripe, since his intelligence in battle makes it clear that Obanai's mind is as sharp as it should be.
In an interview with Megyn Kelly on Friday, Vance said he has no gripe with women who have struggled to have children and supports efforts to get pregnant through in vitro fertilization but defended his criticism of those who decide not to have children.
I think my biggest gripe with Rattler’s game is how much meat he leaves on the bone with inconsistent ball placement, especially in short yardage areas.
Jana Hocking shares her gripe with married men coming up to her at bars.
My biggest gripe with Vivo smartphones has always been with their user interface.
Common combinations with gripe
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- gripe with 11×
- gripe about 11×
- gripe is 6×
- gripe that 5×
- biggest gripe 5×
- to gripe 4×
- only gripe 3×
- common gripe 3×
- main gripe 3×
- her gripe 2×