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
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
At 65, the uncomplaining, modestly dressed Hornclaw appears to be a model senior citizen.
From Washington Post • Mar. 1, 2022
It was the second time I had been locked in the dark with uncomplaining, unhopeful people of Orgoreyn.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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