complaining

Example Sentences

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Waiting staff across the US agree, and some are complaining if they think they have not been sufficiently tipped.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

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

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

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

When Crabtree couldn’t find an alternative and found others complaining of similar experiences, she decided to make her own.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

He expected her to do what he wanted without complaining.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn