was complicating
- past progressive of complicate.
Example Sentences
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The drills, due to end on Tuesday, are in line with an annual training plan but the PLA Daily said the conflict in Myanmar had inflicted casualties and was "complicating the security situation".
From Reuters ● Nov. 28, 2023
Hurricane Dora was complicating matters for firefighters in an already dry season.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 9, 2023
He noted that the steep terrain was complicating the effort to build strong containment lines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2022
School officials were unable to provide a figure for how many schools had been affected by the outage, but several teachers said in interviews that it was complicating their work.
From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2022
The same way taking in Quinby was complicating my life.
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
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