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The phrase "he complicates" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used as a standalone clause within a sentence, and it means that the person referred to is making a situation more difficult or complex. Example: "John's constant indecisiveness only complicates matters further, making it difficult for us to come to a resolution."
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He complicates the picture hugely.
He complicates matters further by warning writers to "acknowledge their sources fully and without hedging".
He complicates his life by falling in love with Frederick's young new wife.
But he complicates the matter by issuing demonstrably false statements of his own, which, inevitably, make news.
Joseph's power arises from his beauty, which he complicates by withholding — he hides it behind long hair, he moves slowly, he accepts everybody but seeks nobody out.
Where he is right to decry the present scathing scrutiny of public figures, he complicates his point by making a provocative defense of their hypocrisy itself.
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He was extraordinarily intelligent, utterly self-taught, but, boy, was he complicated.
He complicated his retirement from safe Central Fife by contesting hopeless South Hams that same year.
And, besides, didn't he complicate the benefits system by forcing tax credits on anyone who would vote Labour?
Torn between two cultures, he complicated matters further by spending a year in Australia, his father's birthplace.
He is complicated, he says.
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