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Example sentences for: gripe

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Clinton's critics won't be able to gripe that he escaped scot-free: He will be paying the price, quietly, every week.
The critics gripe a bit but still give a standing ovation to Mike Leigh's ( Secrets and Lies ) new film, about a short span in the lives and work of Gilbert and Sullivan as they compose and stage The Mikado . "Only a lunatic would call Topsy-Turvy , with its lame first hour and host of loose ends, a masterpiece, but by the finale I was ready to have myself committed" (David Edelstein, Slate ). It's "one of those films that create a mix of erudition, pageantry and delectable acting opportunities, much as Shakespeare in Love did last year," and it "vigorously and amusingly explore[s] what it means for an artist to renew his energies by returning to square one" (Janet Maslin, the New York Times ). Several note its slow start and general disorganization: "[I]t teases us with the feeling that Leigh had a basic plan for the picture and never realized it" (Stanley Kauffmann, the New Republic ). (Click to read the rest of Edelstein's review in
1. The Duffy/Cary response is padded with references to Nero, Nashville, and Webster's dictionary, but neglects to even address my second gripe.
Times staffers gripe that such sections would only ghettoize minority readers.
But America is different: Here, even a pampered multimillionaire can gripe about having his luggage inspected at an airport, confident of a sympathetic hearing.