Complained

Examples

• Sophia appeared to dislike Lord Deerhurst of all things, and complained that he was unusually sparing of soap and water at his toilette. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• At the very time when he knew papa was lying ill by his wallflowers, looking at the blue sky, Laura complained. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• It is justly complained of that the Australian cooked meat is overcooked. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• He complained, quite gravely, of the noises and the smells of London. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Trust me, what you have complained of is at an end for ever. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I heard that you complained of thirst. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• There is an improvement in my uncle too, I think, though he never complained of old, and never exults now. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• These violent awakenings must have been annoying to Oliver, but he never complained. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• She complained of inflammation in her foot. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I have lost all through you, but I have not complained. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Then, for the first time in his life, I think, Oliver complained. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Excessively--the poor complained. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The maids complained of his drunken habits and his vile language. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Fifteen days of hardship and fatigue brought us to the end of the two hundred miles, and the Judge had not complained. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• For, now, the rope came in, tightened and strained to its utmost as it appeared, and the men turned heavily, and the windlass complained. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Men say that the keeper has complained to his official, and that he will be stripped of his cowl and cope altogether, if he keeps not better order. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Still, this mildest-mannered man that ever was, had not complained. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The damned wantlessness of the poor, about which Oscar Wilde complained, the cry for a little more fodder, gives way to an insistence upon the chance to be interested in life. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• In Great Britain, the abuses which the trustees have committed in the management of those tolls, have, in many cases, been very justly complained of. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Lily remained at home, lunching and dining alone with her aunt, who complained of flutterings of the heart, and talked icily on general topics. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• The persons complained of were three in number. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Stubbs complained to my father that he couldn't manage the hands, and must resign his position. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• In Frank's last letter she complained, he said, of being too weak to get into her conservatory without having both his arm and his uncle's! Jane Austen. Emma.
• He went back and complained in a high-handed way to Capt. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• She complained bitterly of all this to her husband. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Besides the annoyance complained of, Mr. Luker expressed himself as being under some apprehension that robbery might be contemplated. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• It said we the people, and not we the states, as Lee of Virginia bitterly complained. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Dagley complained to me the other day that he hadn't got a decent gate on his farm. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Mrs. Yorke often complained that her children were mutinous. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• She was hot; she fanned herself; complained of want of air and space. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.

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