How to Use complicate in a Sentence

complicate

1 of 2 verb

• Changing jobs now would complicate her life.
• The sun’s rays complicate things.
  — Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
• So her goal to run long races was complicated.
  — Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield, CBS News, 16 June 2026
• This doesn’t need to be complicated, by the way.
  — Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 21 Feb. 2026
• The snow drought is complicating that work.
  — Mira Rojanasakul, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2026
• What was complicated was that the star dogs didn’t talk to the others.
  — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Aug. 2023
• His case is complicated by the lack of team success.
  — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 30 Apr. 2026
• That was complicated by the fact that the tests are taken near the end of the school year.
  — Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026
• That’s going to complicate things and cool down any hot stove action.
  — Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2026
• Things were complicated on Nick’s end as well.
  — Sam Reed, Glamour, 22 Oct. 2025
• But then the slider complicates things.
  — Eno Sarris, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
• But the outcome complicates that charge.
  — Alessandra Schade, Time, 14 Feb. 2026
• And here’s where things get complicated.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2025
• Deciding on what type of lens is best for you can be complicated.
  — Discover Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
• Every move was complicated by the fact that Yazan could not walk.
  — Aaron Boxerman, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2024
• The arc of the moral universe is complicated.
  — Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
• The role both launched and complicated his career.
  — Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
• The election is complicated by the fact that Brown faces felony fraud charges.
  — Josh Bergeron, Charlotte Observer, 7 Sep. 2025
• The search was complicated by the fact that Decker had a three-day head start.
  — Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
• Chaos complicates the picture in other ways, too.
  — Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
• And that may complicate their decision to respond in the first place.
  — Ari Daniel, NPR, 9 June 2026
• The multi-year restoration project was complicated by a lack of plans.
  — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 5 Feb. 2026
• The tax rules for Trump accounts are complicated, but they are taxed.
  — Kate Dore, Cfp®, Ea,jessica Dickler, CNBC, 26 Feb. 2026
• Hartenstein has dealt with a bad calf for several weeks, which complicates things.
  — Law Murray, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
• The idea of paying kids for self-care somewhat complicates that picture.
  — Hannah Nwoko, Parents, 7 Feb. 2026
• If what once felt easy starts to get complicated, don’t be discouraged.
  — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
• Adding other teams to the mix only complicates the deal-making process.
  — Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
• This could be very painful, complicate the matter, and lead to infection.
  — Stacey Colino, Parents, 20 Sep. 2023
• That would further complicate any trade even if the Dolphins change their mind and try to deal him.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
• But fieldwork has been complicated by the fact the river sits in the middle of a war zone.
  — Byerik Stokstad, science.org, 9 June 2023

complicate

2 of 2 adjective

• Bananas have high sugar which can lead to or further complicate diabetes in your cat.
  — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2025
• These are common but complicate long-term planning for federal agencies.
  — Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
• Kinser has said the changes lower the bar for student performance and complicate efforts to see how schools and districts perform across time.
  — Molly Beck, jsonline.com, 19 Feb. 2025
• Now, sometimes the people or circumstances around us complicate that endeavor.
  — R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 4 June 2025
• Endometriosis can cause pose major problems to the uterus and ovaries, as well as complicate menstruation and childbirth.
  — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Mar. 2026
• Could the bond sell-off complicate the House’s budget negotiations?
  — Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 19 May 2025
• Both sides have deployed large numbers of anti-personnel mines throughout the kill zones to slow movement and complicate maneuver.
  — Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 17 Mar. 2026
• Sizable costs levied on businesses, costs that needlessly harm and complicate exchange for customers and businesses alike.
  — John Tamny, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
• Spelling errors and the language barrier complicate matters too.
  — Adam K. Raymond, Daily Intelligencer, 20 June 2018
• Bring extra masks in case this happens, since a wet mask can be less effective and complicate breathing, according to the CDC.
  — Kristen Rogers, CNN, 27 Apr. 2021
• What the presence of TSMC does do is complicate an already complex situation.
  — Kerry Brown, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
• But recent studies on the impact of AI complicate Andreessen’s assessment.
  — Jake Angelo, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
• The shift would send states scrambling and complicate parents’ efforts to get young children vaccinated ahead of the coming respiratory virus season.
  — Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 14 Aug. 2025
• While promoting fairness, the rule can, and often does, complicate estate administration.
  — Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.d., Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
• Although federal workers are paid retroactively, a cash crunch at Christmastime can dampen retail sales and complicate travel.
  — Louis Jacobson and Amy Sherman, Austin American-Statesman, 29 Dec. 2024
• The district has tried to be conservative on replacing items as efforts to form a fire territory complicate issues of investment and ownership.
  — Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2025
• The buildings’ concrete walls and limited wiring complicate Wi-Fi coverage and data transmission.
  — Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025
• The company very deliberately targets large enterprise customers, which have the biggest and most complicate supply chain ecosystems.
  — David Prosser, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
• The provision, critics say, would invite gaming and further complicate tax reporting by creating new reporting requirements about the hours a taxpayer worked.
  — Robert Faturechi, ProPublica, 30 Jan. 2025
• Left unmanaged, these issues can disrupt family dynamics, derail careers, deplete wealth and complicate legacy planning.
  — John Samuels, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
• Those all significantly complicate hitting them with interceptor missiles.
  — Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 8 June 2023
• The Belarusian government’s close ties with Moscow complicate Belarusian volunteers’ efforts to join the fight in Ukraine.
  — Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 May 2023
• Tariffs, trade wars and economic uncertainty complicate operations and planning.
  — Simon Dae Oong Kim, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
• Staffing shortages, especially in rural areas, further complicate service delivery.
  — Ben Fenwick, Oklahoma Watch, 12 Jan. 2026
• The promenade will eliminate multiple bus stops on Routes 3 and 120, complicate transfers to other bus routes and possibly cause delays by requiring buses to make more turns.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2023
• That the aircraft impacted the ground so violently will no doubt complicate investigators' work, given the state of the physical evidence, Axios' Fitzpatrick adds.
  — Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 2 Feb. 2025
• Certainly tariffs are adding to economic uncertainty and complicate decision-making for the Federal Reserve.
  — Simon Moore, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
• Trump’s policies, which ignite strong opinions, further complicate collaboration between employees with opposing perspectives.
  — Julie Kratz, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
• Shifting trade policies, geopolitical risks, supply shortages and evolving regulatory landscapes all complicate decision-making.
  — Sarah Jones, Sourcing Journal, 10 Apr. 2025
• Simplify Technology Digital transformation often results in tech sprawl, a web of disconnected tools that silo data and complicate workflows.
  — Ed Jennings, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024