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

"No one can see Rast a moment alone now," she said, complainingly; "P�re Michaux is always with him."

From Anne by Woolson, Constance Fenimore

"I'm afraid Miss Warren's a trifle too serious for human nature's daily food," he said, complainingly.

From The Main Chance by Nicholson, Meredith

“I’d rather feel like a pillow than to have my tongue chopped to bits,” cried Ruth, complainingly.

From Girl Scouts in the Rockies by Roy, Lillian Elizabeth

She heard Steve's voice raised complainingly, her father's, with settled determination, against it.

From The Pioneers by Prichard, Katharine Susannah