The phrase "a wave of complaint" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a sudden increase in complaints or grievances from a group of people about a particular issue.
Example: "After the new policy was implemented, there was a wave of complaint from employees regarding the changes."
Alternatives: "a surge of complaints" or "a flood of grievances".
The long-anticipated hearing had been scheduled, the Council speaker,Christine C. Quinn, said, to respond to "a wave of complaints" from restaurateurs about the A, B and C grades.
That set off a wave of complaints, with real estate agents and home builders persuading consumer groups to join them in outrage.
Last month the Council speaker, Christine C. Quinn, announced that hearings were necessary to respond to what she said was "a wave of complaints" about letter-grading from restaurateurs.
When the founding New Old Age blogger Jane Gross wrote about these specialists last year, she touched off a wave of complaints from readers.
Bracing for a wave of complaints, the Federal Communications Commission is preparing to fully staff a $40 million call center on Friday and through the weekend.
Democrats in Congress, hit with a wave of complaints from angry constituents, had been pressuring for a change in the law to the deal with the problem.
Parents reported a wave of complaints about teachers being bumped at schools across the Upper West Side -- including P.S. 75, P.S. 163, P.S. 145 and P.S. 207.
The acting editor of the Sunday Times has apologised unreservedly to Jewish community leaders for what he said was "a terrible mistake" in publishing a cartoon featuring Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which prompted a wave of complaints of antisemitism.
City Room reports that more than 300 people filled the chamber of the City Council, whose speaker, Christine C. Quinn, had called a hearing to respond to what she said was "a wave of complaints" from restaurant operators.
[Environmental Protection Agency] Amid a wave of complaints about its worsening air quality, Hong Kong will begin measuring pollutants smaller than 2.5 micrometers at all its monitoring stations by March, an official says.
