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  • We chilled out, though I was agitated, I am getting gripey and uncomfortable in the evenings, I lounge about feeling fidgety and on edge and ENORMOUS.

    bumpsadaisy Diary Entry bumpsadaisy 2006

  • As everything and I do mean everything is about her, my assistant is in her usual uber-chatty-gripey-stress mode at the news of this new development.

    sa-land Diary Entry sa-land 2002

  • My water broke, I had a gripey pain, and then I felt her head.

    Morgan’s Run Colleen McCullough 2000

  • My water broke, I had a gripey pain, and then I felt her head.

    Morgan’s Run Colleen McCullough 2000

  • Chelsea Handler is merely the gripey voice that empowers all other gripey voices that are similar to her own.

    Washington Post: Breaking News, World, US, DC News & Analysis Hank Stuever 2012

  • The expat community in Korea is well known for its bellyaching, a stereotype this sometimes gripey column does little to dispel.

    unknown title 2009

  • In this cycle of the see-saw race, expect Obama to take a risk and go really negative as he falls into a gripey, cranky mode.

    Paxety Pages 2008

  • Victor Davis Hanson, at 7: 00 this morning: In this cycle of the see-saw race, expect Obama to take a risk and go really negative as he falls into a gripey, cranky mode ...

    Blogrunner 2008

  • I think Alderson did some really good things here, but the man will never be appreciated by this fan base, so for my own sanity, I’m glad that I won’t have to read another gripey post about Alderson again.

    Rapid Revolution 2009

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