Words similar to complaining

Example sentences for: complaining

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

Michiko Kakutani (the New York Times ) begs to differ, complaining that the director's "meticulous, detail-oriented approach has sucked all spontaneity and passion from the picture."
(Mainstream conservatives sure aren't complaining about the WTO's power to penalize countries that fail to open their telecommunications to foreign investment.)
Meaning that the number of whites who were denied places they deserved on "merit" also returned to the same level anti-preference conservatives had been complaining about for 20 years.
Opponents of the treaty initially exercised the basic Republican reflex of complaining about the cost to U.S. business.
Out of the four minutes for which he spoke, Clinton spent about one minute explaining himself and the rest complaining about Starr, the intrusion upon his private life, and the distraction of the nation from serious matters.