complaining

Example Sentences

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Corvette, a promising and hard-working designer herself who aspires to Christie’s brilliance, is tormented by nightmares of rich people complaining about the generation who “can’t expect everything to be handed to them.”

From Salon • May 22, 2026

These in part help explain why they remain a niche product, even though millions of people are retiring and complaining that they worry they won’t have enough income for their golden years.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

Another said her daughter hears her friends complaining about data centers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Her neighbour, 71-year-old Kusum Mishra, who arrived 50 years ago, also dismissed the "petty compensation" offered, complaining that "they are uprooting us and destroying our lives."

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

Then, one day in 1954, Jimmie started complaining that the headaches he’d been having were getting worse.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson