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kvetching

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verb

present participle of kvetch

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of kvetching
Verb
That’s where three University of Iowa economists — Robert Forsythe, George Neumann and Forrest Nelson — met for food and beers and kvetching about just how badly the polls had missed the mark on the Michigan Democratic primary the day before, when Jesse Jackson absolutely trounced Michael Dukakis. Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 21 June 2026 Field’s neurotic, kvetching energy and Pullman’s drawlingly laidback presence spark off each other to amiable and spontaneous effect — enough so to show up the contrivances in the film’s secondary characters and subplots. Guy Lodge, Variety, 7 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kvetching
Adjective
  • An energy vampire has bad body language, the complaining look on their face, the vocal complainer.
    Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • From the outset of the selloff earlier this year, Jim Cramer was screaming from the rooftops that cyber should never have been lumped into run-of-the-mill enterprise software.
    Zev Fima, CNBC, 7 July 2026
  • There were no vendors hawking bootleg royal-wedding merch, no screaming lines of fans, not even that many impromptu sing-alongs (some were solicited by journalists looking for content).
    Zach Schiffman, Curbed, 6 July 2026
Adjective
  • The death toll includes at least 19 children, 21 non-protesting civilians, and 165 in government or security forces.
    The Hill, The Hill, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Among the dead were 13 children and 14 non-protesting civilians, HRANA said.
    ABC News, ABC News, 15 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • No whining about measly travel headaches with the mother of all bad-trip sagas looming on the big screen.
    Alex Pulaski, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
  • All this whining about online hate and fans being mean and blah, blah, blah.
    Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 July 2026

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“Kvetching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kvetching. Accessed 11 Jul. 2026.

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