Complains
[kəm'pleinz]
Examples
- She gives a good account of her own health; but as she never complains, I dare not depend. Jane Austen. Emma.
- As Neddy is yet a young man, I hope he may get over the disorder he complains of, and in time wear it out. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Not that James ever complains; but it is right to spare our horses when we can. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Celia complains a good deal. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Very well; but she complains of being unemployed. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- In the preamble, it complains much of the insolence of servants, who endeavoured to raise their wages upon their masters. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- They say the Oracle complains, in this hot weather, lately, that the only beverage in the ship that is passable, is the butter. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Editor: Olivia