How do you use Grousing in a sentence? See 4 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Grousing meaning
present participle and gerund of grouse
Using Grousing
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of grouse
Context around Grousing
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Grousing
- In this selection, "grousing" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, elicit, funny and parents stand out and add context to how "grousing" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 2006 after grousing that detroit and rather than grousing they chose. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "grousing" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with grousing
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Rather than grousing, they chose to give thanks. (8 words)
Olympia Dukakis won an Oscar, and Vincent Gardenia was nominated, for roles as Loretta’s very funny, grousing parents. (19 words)
Franklin sang the national anthem at the Super Bowl in her hometown in 2006, after grousing that Detroit’s rich musical legacy was being snubbed when the Rolling Stones were chosen as halftime performers. (34 words)
At a time when many small and midsize galleries are being priced out of the business because of the costs of prime real estate and proliferating art fairs, Mr. Zwirner’s expansion is bound to elicit grousing about mega-dealers’ taking over the world. (44 words)
Franklin sang the national anthem at the Super Bowl in her hometown in 2006, after grousing that Detroit’s rich musical legacy was being snubbed when the Rolling Stones were chosen as halftime performers. (34 words)
Olympia Dukakis won an Oscar, and Vincent Gardenia was nominated, for roles as Loretta’s very funny, grousing parents. (19 words)
Example sentences (4)
Rather than grousing, they chose to give thanks.
At a time when many small and midsize galleries are being priced out of the business because of the costs of prime real estate and proliferating art fairs, Mr. Zwirner’s expansion is bound to elicit grousing about mega-dealers’ taking over the world.
Franklin sang the national anthem at the Super Bowl in her hometown in 2006, after grousing that Detroit’s rich musical legacy was being snubbed when the Rolling Stones were chosen as halftime performers.
Olympia Dukakis won an Oscar, and Vincent Gardenia was nominated, for roles as Loretta’s very funny, grousing parents.