complain

Example Sentences

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We parent as a team who spends holidays together and we will head to Coachella soon to complain about the bus lines amid total exhaustion yet again.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Always there for him to confide in, complain to and entrust with his continually evolving thoughts on Jewish life and theology, Kaplan called these ledger-size handwritten volumes his “communings of the spirit.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

"It's really frustrating. It's always more difficult to complain about the referees when you have lost the game, but it's not good enough," said Bompastor.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Consumers are quick to complain about higher prices in the grocery aisle, at the coffee shop, and especially at the pump, where gasoline is heading toward a national average of $4 a gallon.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

“We’re out of ideas,” I complain to Micah.

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