Example Sentences

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People have been complaining about the progressively enhancing degradation in the city for weeks.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2026

Hunters and farmers across the country maintain the species is stable and have been complaining for years about wolf attacks on game species and livestock.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 30, 2024

For months, Wall Street C.E.O.s have been complaining bitterly and lobbying against the prospect of higher capital requirements, which would require them to keep more money on hand and would lower their profits.

From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2024

The reason some creators have been complaining about this is because the amount seems to vary quite randomly.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2023

The neighbors have been complaining about some of them, who want to use their upstairs to look in on Kwang’s house, some even asking if the basements might be connected.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee