Sentence examples for complained why from inspiring English sources

"People gossiped, they speculated, they complained — 'Why do we need it?

Villagers I interviewed complained why, despite a presence of over 100 UN troops in their village, the UN was consistently failing to protect them (there were several deaths in the days before I arrived there).

In 1832, a student named Jonathan Pearson wrote in his diary that the city was "only fit for hogs and Dutchmen" and complained: "Why are the ways and walks never cleaned?

When a camera from Syrian state television appeared, a man in the crowd complained, "Why aren't you ululating?" — referring to the trill performed by women at weddings and, sometimes, funerals.

Another complained,  "Why the league would go to such lengths to pander to a certain demographic, yet insult everyone's intelligence during the process … Toros vs. Espuelas sounds intriguing … and also conveys a more committed stance to the Noche Latina theme".

I was surprised when the South African physicians we spoke to complained, "Why aren't Zimbabweans taking to the streets, as we did?" It is far more complicated when the perpetrator of violence is not an outsider.

"She's always complaining, 'Why so much pressure?' " Yosor smirked knowingly.

"Hey," the industry complains, "why pick on us when everybody in the lineup is guilty?" But that's not true.

And another complains: "Why do people just walk up and drop keys on the desk without saying a word?

He had the quintessential programmer's instinct: If you notice something lousy or absurd, instead of just complaining, why not fix it?

Sometimes audiences complain, 'Why aren't there original musicals?' What's happening now is, Hollywood and Broadway are trying to make better shows together".