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.
  • That complication alone shouldn't scuttle the deal, though.
    Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 6 Oct. 2022
  • And then there's the complication of the way society works during these times.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 10 Oct. 2022
  • Ley, 79, died in June from kidney failure, which was a complication of cancer, his daughter said.
    Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 19 Oct. 2022
  • And then there’s the aforementioned complication: Cholera has just broken out again in Haiti at an overcrowded prison.
    James North, The New Republic, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Black women in the U.S. are at higher risk for the complication, which can cause chronic health problems for babies throughout their lives.
    Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 19 Oct. 2022
  • This added an additional level of complication, as there was no way to know what neurons would actually find rewarding.
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 13 Oct. 2022
  • Severe cases can involve organ damage, particularly to the brain, heart and lungs, and may result in long-term complications or death if untreated.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
  • This isn't the only complication Lovato's experienced throughout the tour, which kicked off in August.
    Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Besides the newness of it all, the other complication was the Raiders already had a star Heisman Trophy–winning halfback on the roster.
    Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2022
  • One of her daughters, Sylvia Pasquel, said early this week that Pinal was under intensive care facing complications from an urinary infection.
    Mauricio Torres, CNN, 28 Nov. 2024
  • At the end of the day, there are a lot of complications.
    Lynsey Eidell, Peoplemag, 21 Dec. 2023
  • These complications extend to the fate of the school building.
    Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 May 2023
  • Nicole Hazen passed away last year at the age of 45 from complications due to glioblastoma.
    Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 26 May 2023
  • The point is instead to dive into the muck of that complication.
    K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 27 Nov. 2022
  • 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
  • The early season heat wave in the West is causing complications up and down the coast.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 16 May 2023
  • Charny died from complications of a stroke this January at the age of 95.
    Sabrina Souza, CNN, 1 June 2023
  • Young children have high rates of complication from the flu.
    al, 26 Nov. 2022
  • Newell said the death, in a hospital, was from complications of heart surgery.
    Clay Risen, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Marred by a long series of complications, the project was never built.
    Fred A. Bernstein, New York Times, 12 June 2024
  • Heather Jessup, a friend, said the cause was complications of cancer.
    Neil Genzlinger, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2023
  • Kobe Kyrie Theard, 9, died last month from health complications.
    William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 9 May 2023
  • Here’s what borrowers need to know to prepare ahead of time and avoid complications.
    Valeria Olivares, Dallas News, 15 June 2023
  • 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
  • The overall argument was the same, just with a new layer of complication.
    Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 5 Dec. 2022
  • Too much heat in the body can quickly lead to complications like heat exhaustion.
    Umair Irfan, Vox, 17 June 2024

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