Example Sentences

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Annoyed Senators, with other fish to fry, were herded complainingly out of offices and cloakroom and onto the floor.

From Time Magazine Archive

"It's years since I had a holiday," she continued complainingly.

From Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles by Jenkins, Hebert

"I was going up, anyway, to get these hot things off," Jane said, complainingly.

From The Cottage of Delight A Novel by Harben, Will N. (William Nathaniel)

She grunted complainingly at times, and made good-natured attempts to shake him off.

From Hoof and Claw by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir

The gloom of five-o’clock twilight gathered about the frost-shrouded team and the farm sleigh which crunched complainingly behind.

From The Bail Jumper by Stead, Robert J. C.