To have a grievance is to have a purpose in life. From LearnThat.org. [Eric Hoffer (1902-1983).]
Suggesting the deportation of people with whom you obviously have no meaningful grievance is absurdist. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Follow-up on Garrison Keillor:] Reference
The inaugural grievance is the additional airport and airline restrictions to which we will all be subject. From Wordnik.com. [Weekend Edition: 1-2 « A Progressive on the Prairie] Reference
"I'm afraid so," he confessed humbly; "for we all know that when we catch cold the grievance is not ours, but our nurse's.". From Wordnik.com. [Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard] Reference
'I'm afraid so,' he confessed humbly; 'for we all know that when we catch colds the grievance is not ours, but our nurse's.'. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard] Reference
The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity, if that be in good plight; but, if that be wounded, the grievance is intolerable. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)] Reference
The grievance is a very essential one, the remedy is. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Courts and Cabinets of George the Third From the Original Family Documents, Volume 1 (of 2)] Reference
"How can you call my grievance trivial? shouted the bosun. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Digg] Reference
At the heart of my grievance was a simple truth: I was hurt. From Wordnik.com. [A Lesson In Creating Boundaries] Reference
The texts are written with a sense of grievance, which is truly felt. From Wordnik.com. [Jay Rosen: Twilight for the Curmudgeons] Reference
Give Call a grievance, however silly, and he would save it like money. From Wordnik.com. [Lonesome Dove] Reference
Another grievance was the refusal of the States-General in 1616 to admit. From Wordnik.com. [History of Holland] Reference
Next to a sum of money down, a grievance is the best thing you can have. From Wordnik.com. [John Caldigate] Reference
When you catch yourselves grumbling, make sure the grievance is a real one. From Wordnik.com. [Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life] Reference
INDYK: The Syrians want to talk about their grievance, which is the Golan Heights. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 25, 2007] Reference
The truth is, that the possession of a grievance is the one state of human blessedness. From Wordnik.com. [The Vicar of Bullhampton] Reference
Another grievance was the inadequate number of buses provided when trains were unavailable. From Wordnik.com. [NewsWire.co.nz] Reference
The filing of the grievance is the necessary first step in the appeals process for Norbits. From Wordnik.com. [News-Gazette.com] Reference
And so it shouldn’t matter whether the grievance is denied on the merits or on procedural grounds. From Wordnik.com. [Is That Legal?: Supreme Court Archives] Reference
The child who runs confidingly to mother to report his grievance is a gossip; he is also an historian. From Wordnik.com. [Conversation What to Say and How to Say it] Reference
Another grievance was the fact that the great offices were held by members of certain favoured families. From Wordnik.com. [Wilmot and Tilley] Reference
Your grievance is with the Democratic party and the primary process that they’ve been using for years. From Wordnik.com. [Obama on Clinton: No Catharsis Needed at Convention - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
Another grievance was the imposition of a duty of a shilling a ton on all pine timber cut in the province. From Wordnik.com. [Wilmot and Tilley] Reference
He said central to their grievance was a promise that interpreters at the various levels would be upgraded. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
It was not until he entered his state-room that he recalled the grievance that ostensibly had sent him ashore. From Wordnik.com. [The Honorable Percival] Reference
In general sanitary matters the local Parliament meant very well, but the remedy for a grievance was a long way off. From Wordnik.com. [Fragments of Two Centuries Glimpses of Country Life when George III. was King] Reference
Bella that a man with a grievance is a bore to the very eye, and asked her to receive no more visits from his scowling cousin. From Wordnik.com. [A Terrible Temptation A Story of To-Day] Reference
Another grievance was the commission's rejection of the party's candidate for another ward on the grounds she was registered in. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Another grievance was the constant bell ringing, there being so many churches and so many services both on week days and Sundays. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Sir Richard Burton] Reference
We don't need that kind of grievance brought up at the next meeting. From Wordnik.com. [Men Don't Leave Me] Reference
Joel felt the sense of grievance which is the almost inevitable sequel to groundless fears. From Wordnik.com. [Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale] Reference
Well, where's the evidence that this post-racial president has moved beyond race-based 'grievance' mongering?. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
They always have some "grievance" to pester people about. From Wordnik.com. [James Nasmyth: Engineer, An Autobiography.]
"Our grievance is a mill-seven for my frens here, and a mill-nine for me. From Wordnik.com. [Money, Money, Money]
"grievance," wholly influenced in Fletcher's mind by the other two. From Wordnik.com. [Fletcher of Madeley] Reference
'grievance' narratives were widely believed amongst the white population. From Wordnik.com. [Counterterrorism Blog] Reference
A son who feels let down by his father carries a lifelong grievance. From Wordnik.com. [Building A Better Dad] Reference
So the Palestinians have more of a grievance than African-Americans?. From Wordnik.com. [A Festival Or Homework?] Reference
But Hamas is a political-grievance-based entity — not an ideological one. From Wordnik.com. [Why Fatah is Not the Answer] Reference
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