- past tense form of complicate.
- past participle of complicate.
complicated
Example Sentences
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Yet it has arrived at a complicated time for insurers and the reinsurers who backstop them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
The results revealed a much more complicated picture than the traditional understanding of cellular aging.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
Not all forecasters use the same scale to interpret El Nino, and the comparison is complicated by the background effects of climate change.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
Making Hinds’ loss more intense and emotionally complicated was that the band had just fired him from Mastodon five months earlier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
The story of these presidents and their connection to slavery is a complicated one.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
Vocabulary lists containing complicated
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Excerpts from "To Kill a Mockingbird"
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