Example Sentences

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One worker sent us emails showing how he had been complaining about the issue as early as 2019.

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2025

Dwyre, who would often change beats every year, once offered Christine the Dodgers job, arguably the best job in the department, because Christine had been complaining about needing something new.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2025

Administrators had been complaining to her about it but had no policy to point to in order to justify taking it down.

From Salon • Jun. 19, 2024

Ms. Presley had been complaining on Jan. 12 of severe abdominal pain, according to an autopsy report released on Thursday by the medical examiner’s office.

From New York Times • Jul. 13, 2023

There a Pope had been complaining, as he was held to ransom, or another one had been wriggling, as he was poisoned.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White