Words similar to complain

Example sentences for: complain

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

Residents complain that the smell of a nearby septic lagoon makes them sick.
Like NBC's '96 Summer Olympics programming, many complain, CBS's coverage features not enough athleticism and too many sappy human-interest stories.
Increasingly, coastal residents often complain about the aesthetics of such activities, and there is also new research that indicates that farm-raised fish harbor more cancer-causing pollutants than wild species (Hites et al.
German director Volker Schlöndorff ( The Tin Drum ) tries his hand at film noir, but most critics say he should stick to "adapting serious literary works" (Jack Mathews, Newsday ). They complain that his film--about an ex-con (Woody Harrelson) who falls for the wife (Elisabeth Shue) of a dying millionaire--overdoes the shadowy lighting and complicated plot twists of the genre.
A handful of critics complain that the "nincompoopery is difficult to sustain over the course of an hour and a half" (Michael O'Sullivan, the Washington Post ). (Click to read the rest of Edelstein's review.)