Complaining

Examples

• Mr. Casaubon, who had risen early complaining of palpitation, was in the library giving audience to his curate Mr. Tucker. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Her love made no answer; and after slightly bowing to the ladies, began complaining of the weather. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• There was no querulous complaining in the words, but they were not the less touching for that. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• He had not been complaining of ill health, but no doubt died of heart disease. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• And on his complaining that he is so troubled, it takes hold of the troublesome lady and shuts her up in prison under hard discipline. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• It is not of particular, but of general evils, which I am now complaining. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• I am afraid I have been very complaining, and very capricious. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• But it is done now, and I have no idea of complaining any more. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Mr. St. Clare is a singular man, said Marie to Miss Ophelia, in a complaining tone. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• And if you stop complaining and asking for what you never will get, you will have a good life. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• I am not complaining,' he returned, 'I am only stating the case. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Have you not been complaining of your health, and have you not been longing for what you call a smack of the country breeze? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Now, what I will say for you, my dear,' the cherub pursued mildly and without a notion of complaining, 'is, that you are so adaptable. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• But there is no inconsistency--ha--not the least, in my feeling hurt, and yet complaining principally for your sake, Amy. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• There was a screwing and complaining sound down below, and their bent figures were strained, as if by a weight. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• If you encourage servants in giving way to every little disagreeable feeling, and complaining of every little ailment, you'll have your hands full. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• But, there was the toll to be taken, as the gates were now complaining and opening. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I know I do--teaching those tiresome children nearly all day, when I'm longing to enjoy myself at home, began Meg, in the complaining tone again. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• She was constantly complaining of the cold, and of its occasioning a visitation in her back which she called 'the creeps'. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Men do get tired, naturally, of a complaining wife. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• I proposed to her to walk out with me; but Mrs. Heep repeatedly complaining that she was worse, Agnes charitably remained within, to bear her company. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• What are you complaining about? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Tertius is so angry and impatient if I say anything, said Rosamond, imagining that he had been complaining of her to Dorothea. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Now, Susan, cried Mrs. Price, in a complaining voice, now, how can you be so cross? Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• They're not any ways complaining. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Jonah was disobedient, and of a fault-finding, complaining disposition, and deserves to be lightly spoken of, almost. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I complain that you really are a little unnatural towards your own family; and, as it is of no use complaining to you. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• If I was one of the complaining sort, or ever made any fuss about my ailments, there would be some reason for it. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• She is not complaining, but she is sitting alone in the snowstorm, and you hear her thoughts. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Mr. Sweeting is mincing the slice of roast beef on his plate, and complaining that it is very tough; Mr. Donne says the beer is flat. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.

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