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'complain' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'complain' with 20 example sentences.


complain verb

: express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness

: make a formal accusation; bring a formal charge


  • I've never heard you complain about anything.
  • He complained about the noise.
  • He is always complaining about his low salary.
  • I've been complaining about that, but nothing has changed.
  • He's always complaining about the food.
  • She complained about my low salary.
  • The old man complained about young people.
  • Many teachers complain about their students.
  • "How have you been doing?" "I can't complain."
  • You are always complaining about your husband.
  • The peasants complained of excessive taxation.
  • Stop complaining about the weather.
  • He complained that the soup was too hot.
  • Many housewives complain about high prices.
  • What are they complaining about?
  • How can someone so rich complain so much?
  • The boy complained of a headache.
  • Everyone complains about their memory, no one about their understanding.
  • They often complain about the cost of living in Tokyo.
  • My mother almost never complains.
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