Verb (used with object) : His tone of voice gripes me.    From Dictionary.com. 

All this griping is not to say that the book did not have some good points.    From Wordnik.com.  [REVIEW: Godplayers by Damien Broderick] Reference

Before I begin griping, let me first say this: I really wanted to like this movie.    From Wordnik.com.  [White Noise] Reference

As usual griping is fun, but actions help win! look up your state committee members at www. wsrp.org.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sound Politics: Discontent with Diane Tebelius has reached the critical point] Reference

Which of course paves the way for post-win griping.    From Wordnik.com.  [Assessing The Golden Globe Nominations For Best Movie » MTV Movies Blog] Reference

There’s just no sense in griping about divided government now.    From Wordnik.com.  [Waldo Jaquith - “In Defense of White Americans.”] Reference

However, I knew that Anselmo, though a griping was a trustworthy man, and I felt safe in his renewed promise.    From Wordnik.com.  [Devereux — Complete] Reference

It's great to see something showing gratitude during a time of year when it seems that everyone is wrapped up in griping.    From Wordnik.com.  [Top 10 People I Met This Year] Reference

The whole "griping" mini-game made the rest of the gameplay irrelevant.    From Wordnik.com.  [But Seriously] Reference

Political griping is getting old.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » The Katrina Timeline] Reference

Finally, the pilots of the planes arrived "griping" about the huge slab of ham they just consumed at Papa's place.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sedalia Democrat : News] Reference

I say it was reasonable angst, not dissatisfied griping.    From Wordnik.com.  [Virginia officials weren't whining] Reference

Instead of griping about the situation, we dealt with it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Being green in Paris] Reference

He was griping the wheel so hard, his hands were cramping.    From Wordnik.com.  [HIT AND RUN] Reference

Gibbs might want to consider what the left is griping about.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 'principled left' Obama needs] Reference

She started griping about money, about buying me a new glove.    From Wordnik.com.  [At Night in the Field] Reference

What I mostly read is a bunch of guys sitting around griping.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Culture Of Kvetching] Reference

It will almost instantly relieve griping in the bowels and wind colic.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Successful Shadow A Detective's Successful Quest] Reference

Your constant griping creates tension and takes the focus from the team.    From Wordnik.com.  [100 million dollar baby] Reference

Chip eaters are griping about the loud crackling sounds the new bag makes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Snack Attack: Chip Eaters Make Noise About a Crunchy Bag] Reference

Spice was formerly added to our syrup of buckthorn to prevent it from griping.    From Wordnik.com.  [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference

Exporters are griping that their products are losing competitiveness in global markets.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Yen Myth] Reference

So despite the griping, HMOs -- good HMOs -- are a reasonable option for working people.    From Wordnik.com.  [Is Your Hmo Ok--Or Not?] Reference

Now, for the first time, he feels the severe effects of pinching cold and griping hunger.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency] Reference

A horrible, griping pain started in my young friend's stomach, and began creeping upwards.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Idler Magazine, Volume III, April 1893 An Illustrated Monthly] Reference

Self and all the party affected with griping and vomiting with the exception of Middleton and Davis.    From Wordnik.com.  [McKinlay's Journal of Exploration in the Interior of Australia] Reference

Turning back, she looked up and down the empty street, and reached up, griping the garage door handle.    From Wordnik.com.  [CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS] Reference

Some studio rivals are griping that Carolco spends so much on talent it jacks up already inflated prices.    From Wordnik.com.  [From Rambo To Riches] Reference

"Instead of griping about labor and management, they want to play the market and start their own businesses.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Wooing 'Wired Workers'] Reference

The technician found one light on the bridge that wasn't working (hopefully the same one that Ari's been griping about).    From Wordnik.com.  [Still dark in Silver Spring] Reference

Rather than griping about how difficult she is to work with, make up for what she lacks by taking on the role of organizer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Five Tricks To Manage Your Manager] Reference

"Ah -- stop griping," said Astro, "or I'll shove you up a rocket tube and blast you from here all the way back to Atom City!".    From Wordnik.com.  [Stand by for Mars!] Reference

She was hot, and besides the tired sensation in her limbs, there was a griping feeling about her chest that made breathing difficult.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner] Reference

Fruitola cleanses, lubricates and soothes all the channels of the digestive system, without the least pain, griping or resulting weakness.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference] Reference

For Geth to permit them to see her harvest so little, regardless of her weakened physical state, would produce much griping in their ranks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Si'Wren of the Patriarchs] Reference