How to Use complex in a Sentence

complex

1 of 2 noun
  • She has a complex about her appearance.
  • The longer they get shut in, the more complex that gets.
    Jordan Blum, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Such is life next to the largest port complex in the country.
    Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2022
  • The agent has since moved out of the apartment complex.
    James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2026
  • The more complex the thought, the more likely your brain is to build in a beat.
    Angela Haupt, Time, 20 Feb. 2026
  • This complex is less a museum than a whole day out.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Picklers can read how to book a court at the complex on their website.
    Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 14 Feb. 2023
  • But not to the size of Houston’s complex.
    Lawrence K. Altman, STAT, 7 May 2026
  • All renters will have access to the many amenities at the complex.
    Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Three bodies were found in the debris of the complex.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 28 May 2026
  • The complex is called Paradise, an on-the-nose irony.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Shots were fired, and a fire continues to burn in the large complex.
    Npr Staff, NPR, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The apartent complex opened in 2024.
    George Avalos, Mercury News, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Next month, the complex will add studios, but not at a huge discount.
    Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Jones said residents of the complex are safe and there is no threat at this time.
    Sarah Brookbank, Cincinnati.com, 6 Aug. 2019
  • Video from the scene showed thick gray smoke billowing from the complex.
    ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026
  • There’s never been an issue at the complex.
    Charlotte Observer, 10 June 2026
  • The total cost of the complex is in flux, Chesney said.
    Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 13 Mar. 2026
  • There are two batting cages at the academy, one on each side of the complex.
    Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press, 22 Mar. 2020
  • Kurt had argued with the staff at the rental office in his apartment complex.
    Damon Tweedy, Discover Magazine, 16 Oct. 2017
  • The radar even revealed a complex of water pipes beneath the city.
    Fox News, 10 June 2020
  • 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 boys became trapped in the cave after heavy rains flooded the complex.
    Nicole Darrah, Fox News, 12 July 2018
  • But the broader narrative of her over the past few years has not been all that complex.
    Josef Adalian, Vulture, 14 Sep. 2023
  • So had the two other women from her complex who’d been attacked.
    Isabel Seliger, ProPublica, 24 May 2021
  • Wright said crews found occupants on the second floor of the complex.
    Beck Andrew Salgado, Journal Sentinel, 31 May 2023
  • At the complex, the report said, officers came to a trash bin.
    Eliot Kleinberg, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2020
  • The next step is to make a hole in the front of the patient’s eye to create space for the new complex.
    Asuka Koda, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
  • He's now being held in the same complex as Mangione.
    Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
  • The Ledge runs away from an apartment complex and winds briefly into a small park.
    Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com, 3 Sep. 2021

complex

2 of 2 adjective
  • The house's wiring is complex.
  • The situation is more complex than you realize.
  • And that's so complex of a need.
    Mike Miller, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Feb. 2026
  • In short, the semiotics of the wine mom are complex.
    Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 7 May 2026
  • The case is complex, and the team is already stretched.
    Briana Mascaro, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
  • The details of the rules, and how to meet them, are complex.
    Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 29 Mar. 2026
  • This goes up to six to eight weeks when the fracture is more complex.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The path looks complex from the outside.
    Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • All of this made a complex task even harder, and the stakes were high.
    Ken Babcock, Forbes, 4 May 2023
  • Tides are a little more complex than just the rise and fall of the ocean.
    Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Delays don’t stem from complex rules.
    Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The second, though, was more complex.
    ABC News, 13 May 2026
  • That’s part of why the decision to get one can be so complex.
    Zahra Barnes, SELF, 14 Feb. 2018
  • Polling shows that views on Israel are complex.
    ABC News, 23 Feb. 2026
  • It is seen as a complex health outcome, not a moral failing.
    Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
  • But building such a case is complex, and winning one is rare.
    Brian Till, The New Republic, 2 Mar. 2022
  • Your shoulders are one of the most complex joints in your entire body.
    Brett Williams, Men's Health, 7 June 2023
  • The skin is the largest organ in our body, and also the most complex.
    Sabrina Weiss, WIRED, 7 Dec. 2022
  • But on the most complex tasks, some little thing always goes wrong.
    Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2025
  • People don’t want to change because our lives our busy and complex.
    Amy Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 24 June 2018
  • The onslaught, and what spurred it, is complex, Huff said.
    Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
  • There is no one-size-fits-all answer to this complex problem.
    Meredith Moore, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Taking on complex problems that might not pan out?
    Andy Molinsky, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The process of taking a species off the list, called delisting, is complex.
    Natasha Daly, National Geographic, 17 Dec. 2019
  • There’s a very long interview scene in episode three, which is very complex.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 June 2026
  • The reasons for the split, experts said, are complex, and many.
    New York Times, 9 Jan. 2021
  • However, the process to get there was very complex.
    Drew Vonscio, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
  • But that doesn't mean that this weekend's draft will be any less complex to produce.
    Frank Pallotta, CNN, 23 Apr. 2020
  • This scalable method opens the door for more complex structures that were once out of reach.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Joan is a complex character with a lot going on at the same time.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025

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