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Search phrase: gripe

Plays

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The Comedy of ErrorsCE I.i.78And left the ship, then sinking-ripe, to us.And left the ship then sinking ripe to vs.
CymbelineCym I.vii.106That mount the Capitol: join gripes, with handsThat mount the Capitoll: Ioyne gripes, with hands
CymbelineCym III.i.41We have yet many among us can gripe as hard asWe haue yet many among vs, can gripe as hard as
Henry IV Part 11H4 V.i.57To gripe the general sway into your hand,To gripe the generall sway into your hand,
Henry VH5 IV.vi.22And, with a feeble grip, says, ‘ Dear my lord,And with a feeble gripe, sayes: Deere my Lord,
Henry VI Part 33H6 I.iv.171To see how inly sorrow gripes his soul.To see how inly Sorrow gripes his Soule.
Henry VI Part 33H6 I.iv.172What, weeping-ripe, my Lord Northumberland?What, weeping ripe, my Lord Northumberland?
Henry VIIIH8 II.ii.134We live not to be griped by meaner persons.We liue not to be grip'd by meaner persons.
Henry VIIIH8 V.iii.100Out of the gripes of cruel men, and give itOut of the gripes of cruell men, and giue it
King JohnKJ IV.ii.190And he that speaks doth gripe the hearer's wrist,And he that speakes, doth gripe the hearers wrist,
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.ii.274The King was weeping-ripe for a good word.The King was weeping ripe for a good word.
MacbethMac III.i.61And put a barren sceptre in my grip,And put a barren Scepter in my Gripe,
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW I.iii.80Let vultures gripe thy guts! For gourd and fullam holds,Let Vultures gripe thy guts: for gourd, and Fullam holds:
OthelloOth III.iii.418And then, sir, would he gripe and wring my hand,And then (Sir) would he gripe, and wring my hand:
PericlesPer I.i.50Gripe not at earthly joys as erst they did,Gripe not at earthly ioyes as earst they did;
Richard IIR2 II.i.189Seek you to seize and grip into your handsSeeke you to seize, and gripe into your hands
Richard IIR2 III.iii.80Can grip the sacred handle of our sceptreCan gripe the sacred Handle of our Scepter,

Poems

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.543 Like a white hind under the gripe's sharp claws, Like a white Hinde vnder the grypes sharpe clawes,

Glossary

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complaininggrievance, complaint, gripe
gripeclutch, grasp, seize
gripegrip, hold, grasp
gripevulture, eagle

Thesaurus

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gripecomplaining

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
GRIPBASICgripe n, gripe v
GRIPE [eagle]BASICgripe n

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