complaining

Example Sentences

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"You can't go complaining that houses are $1m because they aren't. They're $500,000 or $600,000 but the young folks don't want to live 35km from Melbourne," he says.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

This season, Reddit has been filled with posts asking where to find a particular game and complaining about how confusing it all has become.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

I have written about this at Slate, though in a complaining tone, because basic economy has gotten pretty stripped down.

From Slate • May 5, 2026

I realized that complaining and struggling didn’t help my face look normal.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 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