COMPLAIN in a Sentence

Learn COMPLAIN from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
211 example sentences for COMPLAIN, such as:
1. I mean to complain to your husband.
2. He's never been heerd fur to complain.
3. But I have no other reason to complain of her.
4. You should call customer services and complain.
5. I'm normally quick to complain about shoddy service.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of COMPLAIN
complain
 v.  express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
 v.  make a formal accusation; bring a formal charge
Classic Sentence: (151 in 11 pages)
1  Yet do not suppose, because I complain a little or because I can conceive a consolation for my toils which I may never know, that I am wavering in my resolutions.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Letter 2
2  "I can't complain," answered Wilson unconvincingly.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
3  I do not mean to complain, however; it is undoubtedly a comfortable one, and I hope will in time be better.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 33
4  I have a notion of firing eighty-two times, if the neighborhood shouldn't complain, and that cannon of mine should prove equal to the pressure.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXXII
5  Long-suffering and loving Joe, you never complain.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter LII
6  As to all the rest, he was humble and contrite, and I never knew him complain.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter LVI
7  But I do not at all complain of having been kept out of this property; and if anybody else should be in the present enjoyment of it, he is heartily welcome to keep it.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 1. I AM BORN
8  At all times I lounged about the house and neighbourhood quite disregarded, except that they were jealous of my making any friends: thinking, perhaps, that if I did, I might complain to someone.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 10. I BECOME NEGLECTED, AND AM PROVIDED FOR
9  I was sufficiently ill at ease, Heaven knows; but it was not in my nature to complain much at that time of my life, so I said I was very well, and hoped he was.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 11. I BEGIN LIFE ON MY OWN ACCOUNT, AND DON'T LIK...
10  I complain that you really are a little unnatural towards your own family; and, as it is of no use complaining to you.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 16. I AM A NEW BOY IN MORE SENSES THAN ONE
11  I mean to complain to your husband.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 16. I AM A NEW BOY IN MORE SENSES THAN ONE
12  'It ain't that I complain of my line of business,' said Mr. Omer.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 30. A LOSS
13  But I have no other reason to complain of her.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 35. DEPRESSION
14  He's never been heerd fur to complain.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 40. THE WANDERER
15  So it had to be, and I cannot complain of anyone or anything.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: Chapter 24
Example Sentence: (60 in 5 pages)
1  Teachers complain that more of their time is taken up with administration than with teaching.
2  Those who complain most are most to be complained of.
3  Democrats will complain he overemphasizes punishment at the expense of prevention and treatment.
4  TV viewers have been writing in to complain of the false advertisement.
5  Just complain about the hand of time, love each other to write love.
6  You should call customer services and complain.
7  If you're not satisfied with the life you're living, don't just complain.
8  He could not complain that he was uninformed about the true nature of the regime.
9  If you can't get any satisfaction, complain to the park owner.
10  I'm normally quick to complain about shoddy service.
11  They complain that the monstrous edifices interfere with television reception.
12  Some children complain that their parents nag at them.
13  And who shall complain when the first person that I satirize is myself?
14  Indian manufacturers complain of being overwhelmed by cheap Chinese goods and want to find ways of competing.
15  They often complain that kangaroo numbers have reached plague-like proportions.