How to Use complex in a Sentence

complex

1 of 2 noun

• She has a complex about her appearance.
• The Houstons’ complex should be open by the end of June.
  — Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2023
• Such is life next to the largest port complex in the country.
  — Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2022
• The Map Room is arguably the most iconic room in the complex.
  — Jackie Mansky, Smithsonian, 22 Aug. 2017
• And 15 families still lived in the complex as of last week.
  — Tess Vrbin, courant.com, 3 Aug. 2019
• Marchelle Roberts, who lived in the complex, ran outside.
  — Noelle Crombie, The Oregonian - OregonLive.com, 11 Dec. 2022
• The grant is being used to build a housing complex of 3,000 units.
  — Fares Akram, The Seattle Times, 8 June 2017
• Spooned out of a black Staub cocotte, the meatballs are a bit sweet, a bit salty, the sauce complex.
  — TheWeek, 2 Feb. 2020
• The boys became trapped in the cave after heavy rains flooded the complex.
  — Nicole Darrah, Fox News, 12 July 2018
• And that those children lived in the same apartment complex.
  — Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2021
• He was shot in the parking lot of an apartment complex.
  — Charlotte Carroll, SI.com, 31 May 2018
• Picklers can read how to book a court at the complex on their website.
  — Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 14 Feb. 2023
• The builder later got a permit to put up the four-story complex, with 14 units and a garage.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Dec. 2023
• At the complex, the report said, officers came to a trash bin.
  — Eliot Kleinberg, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2020
• Jones said residents of the complex are safe and there is no threat at this time.
  — Sarah Brookbank, Cincinnati.com, 6 Aug. 2019
• At the time, the sisters both lived in a Lakeland apartment complex.
  — CBS News, 3 Dec. 2022
• The teen who would would walk the pavement of the apartment complex with weights strapped to his legs and football dreams was dead.
  — Vic Ryckaert, Indianapolis Star, 2 July 2018
• The radar even revealed a complex of water pipes beneath the city.
  — Fox News, 10 June 2020
• There are two batting cages at the academy, one on each side of the complex.
  — Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press, 22 Mar. 2020
• Wright said crews found occupants on the second floor of the complex.
  — Beck Andrew Salgado, Journal Sentinel, 31 May 2023
• But the broader narrative of her over the past few years has not been all that complex.
  — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 14 Sep. 2023
• My mother, who is 78, lives in the same apartment complex.
  — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 27 Sep. 2021
• Kurt had argued with the staff at the rental office in his apartment complex.
  — Damon Tweedy, Discover Magazine, 16 Oct. 2017
• Jung’s silver truck was hit only a few blocks from the Rangers’ complex.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 18 Mar. 2023
• The Ledge runs away from an apartment complex and winds briefly into a small park.
  — Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com, 3 Sep. 2021
• The weapon that was used against the officers was found at the apartment complex, police said.
  — Jodicee Arianna, The Arizona Republic, 22 June 2022
• Muse is the third Press Coffee store at an apartment complex.
  — Kellie Hwang, azcentral, 7 Apr. 2018
• The complex also includes a sports court and swimming pool.
  — Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com, 27 Feb. 2021
• They were found by an employee at the apartment complex who was sent to check on them.
  — Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 14 Aug. 2020
• The woman then took the girls to a friend's apartment at another complex.
  — Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 12 Oct. 2021

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complex

2 of 2 adjective

• The house's wiring is complex.
• The situation is more complex than you realize.
• Tides are a little more complex than just the rise and fall of the ocean.
  — Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 15 Feb. 2023
• The skin is the largest organ in our body, and also the most complex.
  — Sabrina Weiss, WIRED, 7 Dec. 2022
• All of this made a complex task even harder, and the stakes were high.
  — Ken Babcock, Forbes, 4 May 2023
• The reasons for the split, experts said, are complex, and many.
  — New York Times, 9 Jan. 2021
• The process of taking a species off the list, called delisting, is complex.
  — Natasha Daly, National Geographic, 17 Dec. 2019
• The shrimp spend most of their lives in complex burrows that require just the right mix of sand and mud.
  — Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 26 Oct. 2017
• The picture grows more complex in the city’s urban core.
  — Joshua Fechter, ExpressNews.com, 5 Oct. 2020
• The mood the production design evokes is complex in the best way.
  — Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Feb. 2023
• The financing that makes up the wealth behind the crown is complex.
  — Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2022
• The Parkland case is more complex than the others and will take longer at each stage.
  — Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 3 May 2022
• That’s part of why the decision to get one can be so complex.
  — Zahra Barnes, SELF, 14 Feb. 2018
• Your shoulders are one of the most complex joints in your entire body.
  — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 7 June 2023
• The flavors are as complex as this dish is simple to make.
  — Diana Yen, Bon Appétit, 12 Sep. 2021
• The race to build a robot that can do a range of everyday tasks, and learn on the job, is much more complex.
  — Rachel Lerman, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2022
• Being a Black woman and the first to do something is complex.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Jan. 2021
• And, complex carbs are great and should be the centerpiece of your diet.
  — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 22 June 2017
• This wine tasting is to explore pinot noir, a wine that can be light and fruity or bold and complex.
  — Cathy Kozlowicz, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2022
• So if the problems are complex, so, too, are the solutions.
  — John Gallagher, Freep.com, 19 Dec. 2019
• The complex planted ginkgo trees all along the block’s sidewalk.
  — Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2021
• But building such a case is complex, and winning one is rare.
  — Brian Till, The New Republic, 2 Mar. 2022
• The result: a fruitier, sweeter, but more acidic and thus complex cup.
  — Lauren Mowery, USA TODAY, 26 June 2018
• The fallout of this rapid succession of events was complex.
  — Anne Thériault, Longreads, 25 May 2018
• There are a lot of complex questions without a lot of easy answers.
  — Rachel Epstein, Marie Claire, 25 Feb. 2019
• People don’t want to change because our lives our busy and complex.
  — Amy Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 24 June 2018
• The maturation process of this whisky is a bit complex.
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 31 Dec. 2023
• But the problem is far too complex and deep-seated for the government to solve.
  — David French, National Review, 6 June 2019
• The technique is not overly complex and has been done in the past with other vaccines.
  — Dr. Jade Cobern, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2022
• Neff’s all style, all substance—more complex than most.
  — Abby Gardner, Glamour, 2 Nov. 2019

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