complain

“I posted a better time than what I had planned with my team, so I can’t complain about my race,” he said after the time trial.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

That Palace statement, questioning Earl Spencer's account of the days after his sister's death, was a total contrast to its normal "never explain, never complain" mantra.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

The FBI reports that over 1 million Americans contacted the bureau last year to complain that they’d been targeted by online scams of one type or another.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

When the first trailer appeared online, many users swamped comment sections to complain about what they'd seen.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

When I complain that I’m bored, Dad gives me a paintbrush and sits me down so I can “help.”

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

She is in her late 70s and complains of nagging aches and pains, neuropathy, fatigue, anxiety, and occasional changes in her weight.

From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026

“I’m not here to be your witness or confessor,” Havelock complains.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

"Only a dozen or so have been transferred this year," Konstantin complains.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

The agreement comes as Panama complains its boats are suffering tighter controls in China, following the cancellation of a Hong Kong company's concession to operate two ports in the Panama Canal.

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026

“I can taste the freezer on those,” Bubbe complains.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

January wildfire victims complained of long delays in getting their claims paid.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

Tobacco companies have long complained that the agency’s review process is much slower than the roughly six months mandated by Congress.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

In remarks later that day, he complained that "something is wrong with a country that can allow people to write purposely negative stories".

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

My employees have complained before that I don’t share enough details about my personal life with them.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

General Nicholas Yanushkevich, the Russian chief of staff, complained that his armies were “melting like snow” before the German offensives.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

In one instance, the report says, the two commissioners even wrote a letter complaining to the chief secretary, the top bureaucrat in the Indian government.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

They’re complaining on Reddit and store sites, signing petitions to bring back the old formula and hassling customer-service chatbots, Heather Haddon reports this morning for The Wall Street Journal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Whenever the offensive line gives the quarterback time to pass and the running backs space to run, there isn’t much complaining a coach can do.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

Not that I’m complaining about our year-round release carousel — I mean, look over your shoulder at this summertime’s TV bounty.

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026

As Agatha Swanburne said, “No panicking, no complaining, no quitting”—six words to the wise that are well worth learning, and following.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood