complain
verb (used without object)
to express dissatisfaction, pain, uneasiness, censure, resentment, or grief; find fault.
will be complaining
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future progressiveof complain.future progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that will be taking place in the future.
Example Sentences
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"If you ask 10 people about this, nine will be complaining," he said.
From BBC β May 11, 2025
“I doubt people will be complaining about minor inconveniences after the weekend,” says Banks.
From Time β Jun. 2, 2017
Fifty years from now, Sotomayor said, lawyers will be complaining that whatever the court came up with to replace Brulotte could also be wrong.
From Washington Post β Mar. 31, 2015
"Thankfully there was no serious hard done, but we will be complaining to Fifa."
From The Guardian β Jun. 18, 2010
Doctors will be complaining that modern restlessness is creating new nervous diseases, as doctors did in 1916 A.D.,
From We Can't Have Everything by Rupert Hughes
