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
“It’s part of why I love our country. Not just the beauty – or the football - also the sort of quiet, uncomplaining resilience. The togetherness of the countryside. That is the best of British.”
From BBC ● May 28, 2024
Princess Anne has already played pinch-hitter for her brother Charles since he began treatment, but she’s 73 and already one of the busiest members of the family — a notoriously uncomplaining workhorse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 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
The girl child never even sat alone, although the time was past for this, but lay uncomplaining hour after hour wrapped in an old quilt.
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
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