Example sentences for: complain

How can you use “complain” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • At least nowadays parents are allowed to complain about the burdens their children impose.

  • New Yorkers remember to complain about the crowds, but sometimes forget that without the crowds, New York would be Cedar Rapids.

  • It is sometimes easier for other governments to complain about what they depict as a swaggering, cock-of-the-roost American attitude than it is to tackle us head-on over substantive issues.

  • Publishing houses complain that big advances hurt profits.

  • Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., and Rahm Emanuel complain of Starr's "slash-and-burn tactics" (Rangel, Face the Nation ) and his "innuendo, rumor, lies, and leaks" (Emanuel, PBS's NewsHour With Jim Lehrer ). Clinton aide Paul Begala is asked seven times by the persistent Tim Russert (NBC's Meet the Press ) why the president has yet to give a full account of his dealings with Monica Lewinsky.


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