How to Use complicate matters in a Sentence

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• And as any cat owner will tell you, cats can learn new tricks and complicate matters in unpredictable ways.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 17 May 2024
• If the app is sold, that could complicate matters for some US tech platforms.
  — Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN, 24 Mar. 2023
• To complicate matters, Elliot had just kissed Kat and asked her to choose him.
  — Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 25 Dec. 2024
• And then there’s the money, which almost never fails to complicate matters.
  — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025
• To complicate matters, tech companies often say the right thing when in the public eye.
  — Sunny Gandhi, Fortune, 20 May 2024
• To complicate matters further, weights may change from ranking to ranking.
  — Abba Krieger, Quartz, 8 Dec. 2020
• Fleeing a wildfire is stressful enough, but adding livestock to the mix can complicate matters.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
• Tatum is returning right in time to complicate matters for the Knicks and their win-now mandate.
  — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 9 Mar. 2026
• To complicate matters, Ivan could use only one arm — the other would be holding the cane as part of his act.
  — Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024
• Craving an escape can complicate matters on the job as Venus and Uranus clash.
  — Usa Today, USA Today, 8 Feb. 2026
• Some seeds complicate matters by producing a hard seed coat that does not allow water to get into the seed.
  — Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 21 Nov. 2025
• To complicate matters, such models change and evolve with more and more interaction.
  — S. Shyam Sundar, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2023
• If Iran increases its mining of the strait, that could complicate matters.
  — David Goldman, CNN Money, 11 Mar. 2026
• Of course, the holidays will complicate matters, as time off is mandated by union contracts.
  — Michael Schneider, Variety, 9 Nov. 2023
• To complicate matters, her husband is a fellow diplomat whose career is in decline.
  — Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 July 2023
• Yet Wright’s claim to be Nakamoto threatens to complicate matters.
  — Joel Khalili, WIRED, 2 Feb. 2024
• Outside the summer months, the weather can turn quickly, and sudden mists, even snow, can complicate matters.
  — Paul Richardson, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Feb. 2026
• The Celtics’ desire to shed significant salary in any deal would complicate matters.
  — Jay King, New York Times, 19 June 2025
• However, their use of a third-party for claims processing can complicate matters.
  — Alora Bopray, USA Today, 30 Dec. 2025
• To complicate matters further, experts say staying indoors with the windows closed is only the first step.
  — Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2023
• The presence of a weeping ingénue or a flying gurney would only complicate matters.
  — Raul A. Reyes, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2023
• To further complicate matters, people in the art world will also tell you that color by itself is meaningless.
  — Ariel Levy, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
• And, to complicate matters even more, there will be critical midterm elections in October.
  — Guy Petcho, National Review, 19 Mar. 2025
• To complicate matters further, a news crew is on campus filming a documentary.
  — Ralphie Aversa, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
• To complicate matters further, their opponents Bologna have lost just one of their last 10 matches.
  — Anantaajith Raghuraman, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025
• To complicate matters, Gemma captures the attention of a former king who has designs on her.
  — Suzanne Van Atten, AJC.com, 8 Feb. 2026
• And to further complicate matters, there have been various missile and drone attacks on Iran and across the Gulf states.
  — Marissa Sulek, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2026
• To complicate matters on the global stage, the opening salvos of a broader economic conflict are already being fired.
  — Penny Abeywardena, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
• But Fauci also warned that variants of the coronavirus could complicate matters.
  — Michael Lee, Washington Examiner, 22 Feb. 2021
• To further complicate matters, companies often don't have access to the source code of legacy apps, which is needed to rewrite them.
  — Eric Olden, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024