uncomplaining
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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It is difficult for Spaniards to face up to the fact that they lived, largely uncomplaining, under an autocrat for 36 years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
The family said their "quiet and uncomplaining" mother, severely disabled by her stroke, had whiled away her days in a general care unit, and the specialist support she needed had barely begun.
From BBC ● May 29, 2024
The story of children financially supporting their immigrant parents can feed into the myth of the Asian American model minority, which, in part, stereotypes Asian Americans as obedient, hard-working and uncomplaining.
From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2023
If anything, she’d be around to enjoy the praise for her decades of uncomplaining, hand-waving, national symbolism.
From Washington Post ● May 13, 2022
Only Miss Penelope Lumley sat straight-backed and uncomplaining as the time dragged on.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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