Sentence examples for complaining instead from inspiring English sources

"I was the one complaining instead of him.

Acknowledging the Problem Some people do not know — or they deny — that they have a hearing problem, complaining instead that everyone seems to mumble or talk too fast.

Instead of resisting, instead of complaining, instead of impugning the test or the teacher or the mayor, Ms. Pellecier postponed her family's vacation to Florida and consented to have Dominique attend the Summer Success Academy at P.S. 200.

Jim Fassel, the Giants' coach, did not dwell on that ruling after the game, complaining instead that the officials would not allow him to challenge a fumble ruling in the fourth quarter.

4. Also: the fact that Eugenides assumed I was complaining, instead of trying to help out beginning female writers, is a shame.

I saw people who were in fact angry at the system, but it wasn't a simple message filled with griping and complaining, instead that anger was being transformed into action.

He complained instead about the rough play against Messi, his star playmaker.

Egyptians now complain instead of a stalled economy, erratic government and a deterioration in already crumbling public services.Non-Islamists have also been offended by the president's failure to include them.

Writing in the Nation, the critic William Deresiewicz complained: "Instead of thinking about the character, I was thinking about the author, and the fact that they were the same individual only made it worse.

"Who the heck would bother to write a review except to complain?" Instead, the average of the 50 million reviews is 3.7 stars out of five, bordering on exceptional but typical of review sites.

The children's nurse complained, "Instead of scribbling in the evenings, Monsieur would do better to go out with Madame, and instead of scribbling during the day Monsieur would do better to look after his business".