Example sentences for: complaint

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

  • According to the complaint, "Ferguson stated during the conversation: 'It's OK, we do this all the time for the governor.

  • As a tragically repressed and alcoholic small-town cop, Nolte conveys a "fierce, anguished intensity" (Janet Maslin, the New York Times ). Critics say Schrader's style is a perfect match for Russell Banks' novel, and that the director "has hit, in this exquisitely shaped, paced, painted, and edited production, a new, deep level of artistry" (Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly ). Only complaint: The voice-over narration by Willem Dafoe (as Nolte's brother) is a bit stilted and portentous.

  • As an example of all four phenomena, I refer you now to the complaint of K., who is chagrined by the errant behavior of the U-Haul company.

  • When I called our "Varnish Remover" columnist, Robert Shrum, to tell him that some readers were complaining about having a self-described Democrat analyzing both parties' political commercials (though I think he's doing a fine, neutral job), he said the only complaint he's gotten himself was from the White House.

  • By striving and succeeding without complaint, Asian immigrants have become, in the words of Irving Kristol, "just another 'European' ethnic group."


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