How to Use complainant in a Sentence

complainant

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  • The impact of the crash caused the complainant's Hyundai Sonata to spin and hit a sign.
    — Taylor Pettaway, ExpressNews.com, 18 Jan. 2021
  • The complainant last used the gun at a sportsman’s club Nov. 5.
    — Kaitlin Edquist, chicagotribune.com, 20 Nov. 2020
  • You could be stuck in your legalese and call them a complainant.
    — Elizabeth Kiefer, Glamour, 30 May 2018
  • The school only shared the outcome of the case with the one complainant, the swimmers said.
    — Rachel Axon, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2020
  • The complainant said the gun might have been a BB or pellet gun.
    — Milwaukee, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Dec. 2017
  • The complainant slammed and locked their front door and called police.
    — Kaitlin Edquist, chicagotribune.com, 14 Dec. 2020
  • That was a blow to the complainant, who did not want the matter to go forward.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Nov. 2021
  • The bulk of the complainants didn't even attend the same school as the student in question.
    — Nico Lang, Marie Claire, 7 June 2017
  • The complainants were reluctant to go on the record and the matter went nowhere.
    — Ana Claudia Chacin, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2024
  • The complainant has since died and police have ruled out charges.
    — Time, 23 Mar. 2021
  • As for the gunshots, a bullet hole was found in the siding of the complainant's home.
    — Jeff Piorkowski/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 3 Nov. 2017
  • The subject had keys to all of the complainants’ cars, which the complainant said had been inside the home.
    — Kaitlin Edquist, chicagotribune.com, 15 June 2021
  • Florida was one of the top five states with the most complainants.
    — Chabeli Herrera, orlandosentinel.com, 19 July 2019
  • The complainant did not seek charges, but asked police to issue a warning to the man.
    — Eddie Morales, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2020
  • Officers dispensed advice to the owner of the birds and to and the complainant.
    — Joan Rusek, cleveland, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Three of the complainants accused Spacey of groping them.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 26 July 2023
  • The school closed the case without sharing the outcome with any of them beyond the one complainant.
    — USA Today, 17 Apr. 2020
  • The complainant said the woman just walked toward the Gulf gas station.
    — cleveland, 14 May 2021
  • The complainant was a co-worker of the officer, the release said.
    — Ruth Ann Krause, Post-Tribune, 22 June 2017
  • The complainant realized something was wrong and did not cash the check.
    — Bruce Geiselman, cleveland, 8 Aug. 2020
  • The man told police that the main suspect is a man, 57, the boyfriend of his mother, who lives with the complainant and his mother.
    — cleveland.com, 3 July 2019
  • The complainant, police learned, has a son with the younger woman’s father.
    — cleveland, 5 Mar. 2021
  • At some point, the complainant said Spacey opened his arms, motioning for the complainant to give him a hug.
    — Manori Ravindran, Variety, 10 July 2023
  • The complainant was able to get the cart and items back, but the suspects drove off in a car before police could arrive.
    — Bruce Geiselman, cleveland.com, 21 July 2019
  • The complainant said the suspect fell on the ground two times before entering his car to drive away.
    — cleveland, 12 Nov. 2022
  • The university was both the complainant and in complete control of the process.
    — Gregory Germain, Washington Post, 11 June 2018
  • The complainant called dispatch a third time but did not want to speak with an officer.
    — Joan Rusek, cleveland, 29 July 2023
  • Each complainant is seeking damages and to remove the other from the board.
    — Alexandra Bruell, WSJ, 29 July 2022
  • The complainant told state police the driver appeared to be a white man in his 60s with no facial hair wearing a light-colored shirt.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Settlements can include payments to complainants to cover lost wages or other harms and agreeing to temporary monitoring by state officials to ensure compliance with the law.
    — Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024

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