Read full poem →And on the lips a burning kiss impressed.
'Tis true, the hardened breast resists the gripe,
And the cold lips return a kiss unripe;
Dictionary Entry
A complaint, often a petty or trivial one.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. gripesession gripesessions gripewater gripegripe legitimategripe biggest
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Poetry examples for “gripe”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →And putting apples, wondrous ripe,
Into a cider press's gripe; 130
And a moving away of pickle-tub-boards,
Read full poem →So Satan's Nose when Dunstan urg'd to flight,
Glowing from gripe of red-hot pincers dread
Athwart the smokes of Hell disastrous twilight shed! 30