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Definition of Complained
1. complain [v] - See also: complain
Lexicographical Neighbors of Complained
Literary usage of Complained
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Lancet (1842)
"There was fret motion of the thigh in every direction, and во painful sensations
were complained of. Th« whole limb appears smaller than that of Uc opposite ..."
2. The Innocents Abroad; Or, The New Pilgrim's Progress: Being Some Account of by Mark Twain (1884)
"... that although he must have sorrowed over many of his trials, he never
complained—that is, he never complained but once. He, two others, and myself, ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Among other things it complained of the constant agitation of the slavery question
by the Abolitionists. In 1849 the legislature of Virginia adopted ..."
4. The Encyclopædia of Pleading and Practice: Under the Codes and Practice Acts by William Mark McKinney, Thomas Johnson Michie (1899)
"It would seem that each assignment of error should be accompanied by a statement
of the reason why the ruling complained of was erroneous.4 But this is not ..."
5. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. by James Boswell, Arnold Glover (1901)
"So, Sir, at first she told me that I rode too fast, and she could not keep up
with me: and, when I rode a little slower, she passed me, and complained that ..."
6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"... in spite of the lack of instruction in geography so generally complained of,
what will she become when this branch of instruction is duly organized ! ..."
7. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Henry Peter Brougham Brougham and Vaux, Great Britain Court of Chancery, James William Mylne, Baron John Singleton Copley Lyndhurst (1839)
"The order complained of must be discharged. CROSLEY v. The DERBY Gas-Light Company.
^l^HE bill in this cause, after stating the Plaintiff's title to a ..."
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