How to Use complication in a Sentence
complication
noun- The patient died of complications from surgery.
- The negotiations stalled when complications arose.
- She experienced complications during her pregnancy.
- Pneumonia is a common complication of AIDS.
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At the end of the day, there are a lot of complications.
—Lynsey Eidell, Peoplemag, 21 Dec. 2023
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These complications extend to the fate of the school building.
—Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 May 2023
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In some ways, this was their home or their home away from home, and still have that sense of complication.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2024
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Nicole Hazen passed away last year at the age of 45 from complications due to glioblastoma.
—Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 26 May 2023
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The point is instead to dive into the muck of that complication.
—K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 27 Nov. 2022
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Just as was the case for the Utes in the Pac-12, there are complications involved in that, some of them natural, most of them man-made.
—Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 July 2023
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At least seven people in the U.K. alone had died of the complication.
—Roxanne Khamsi, The Atlantic, 24 Sep. 2022
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The early season heat wave in the West is causing complications up and down the coast.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 16 May 2023
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One complication of the slew of requests is how widely records laws vary from state to state.
—Amy Gardner and Patrick Marley, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Sep. 2022
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Charny died from complications of a stroke this January at the age of 95.
—Sabrina Souza, CNN, 1 June 2023
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Young children have high rates of complication from the flu.
—al, 26 Nov. 2022
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Newell said the death, in a hospital, was from complications of heart surgery.
—Clay Risen, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2023
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And then there's the complication of the way society works during these times.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 10 Oct. 2022
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Marred by a long series of complications, the project was never built.
—Fred A. Bernstein, New York Times, 12 June 2024
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One to three of 1,000 children who have measles will die from virus complications, according to the CDC.
—Neha Mukherjee, CNN, 7 Mar. 2025
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Sheltering tens of thousands of Russians on the run from the Putin regime would count as a complication.
—Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2022
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Heather Jessup, a friend, said the cause was complications of cancer.
—Neil Genzlinger, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2023
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Kobe Kyrie Theard, 9, died last month from health complications.
—William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 9 May 2023
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Here’s what borrowers need to know to prepare ahead of time and avoid complications.
—Valeria Olivares, Dallas News, 15 June 2023
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The cause was complications of kidney disease and Alzheimer’s disease, said his wife, the artist Martha Posner.
—Penelope Green, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2023
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That complication alone shouldn't scuttle the deal, though.
—Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 6 Oct. 2022
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The overall argument was the same, just with a new layer of complication.
—Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 5 Dec. 2022
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Others may help to reduce the risk of fractures and complications.
—Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 3 Feb. 2025
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Too much heat in the body can quickly lead to complications like heat exhaustion.
—Umair Irfan, Vox, 17 June 2024
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Possible complications include:2 Infection: To lower your risk of infection, keep the site clean and dry and use antibacterial ointment daily.
—Carrie Madormo, Rn, Health, 20 Mar. 2025
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Anxiety and mood changes Mood shifts, including irritability, frustration, or difficulty dealing with life’s complications, often come up during perimenopause, Dr. Horst says.
—Erica Sweeney, SELF, 21 Mar. 2025
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