complain
verb (used without object)
to express dissatisfaction, pain, uneasiness, censure, resentment, or grief; find fault.
complainingly
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a word derived from
complain.
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
In my day, however, the Great Three-Hundred-a-Year Marriage-Question was not yet broached, and gentlemen did not complainingly publish their rejections at the hands of the fair sex in the "Times" newspaper.
From Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 1/2 A Romance of Real Life by James Payn
She grunted complainingly at times, and made good-natured attempts to shake him off.
From Hoof and Claw by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts
When he pulled up, four or five chattering magpies flew complainingly from the ground, where they had been feeding on a dead lamb.
From The Boy Scouts of the Air in Indian Land by Gordon Stuart
On the way, Ruth said, complainingly: “We ought to hitch that lazy old horse to the buckboard and make her pull the load up the hill.”
From Girl Scouts at Dandelion Camp by Lillian Elizabeth Roy
