complain
Example Sentences
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The company has struggled to boost sales in recent years as shoppers have complained of messy stores, high prices and less exciting products.
The Parkin family said they complained to the funeral director, District and County Independent Funeral Service, which insisted it did nothing wrong.
From BBC
“They still complain about it on talk shows.”
Maniscalco’s manic energy was too much for the courtroom sketch artist, though, who complains to the judge about having to draw him, showing a sketch of a blurred, multi-limbed man.
From Los Angeles Times
The young folk were always insulting him behind his back, the village chief complained.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
