How to Use complicated in a Sentence

complicated

adjective

• The game's rules are too complicated.
• The machine has a complicated design.
• But the thing is, wine doesn’t need to be that complicated.
  — Joseph Hernandez, Bon Appetit Magazine, 31 Oct. 2025
• This was more complicated than a smash-and-grab win.
  — Carl Anka, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
• Nail art doesn't have to be complicated and hard.
  — Christina Perrier, InStyle, 16 Feb. 2026
• That last part is where things could get complicated.
  — Chad Graff, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
• The same is true in a complicated job.
  — Nicholas Thompson, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2025
• The case was a complicated one to crack.
  — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 30 Apr. 2026
• But the truth is far more complicated.
  — Justin Worland, Time, 23 Sep. 2025
• My films are more complicated than that.
  — Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 16 Feb. 2026
• The process can be complicated and lengthy.
  — Brittney Melton, NPR, 23 Apr. 2026
• The state of play is more complicated.
  — Abc News, ABC News, 25 Feb. 2026
• Costs on larger and more complicated roofs can be two to three times that.
  — Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
• What came next was far more complicated.
  — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
• The human brain is more complicated than that of mice or even macaques.
  — Claudia Dreifus, Quanta Magazine, 12 Oct. 2022
• Add pets to the equation and the process gets even more complicated.
  — Colleen Grablick, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2024
• Some of the old rules still stand, but scoring in the sport is more complicated now.
  — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 27 June 2024
• How to do that was a very vexed and complicated problem.
  — David Frum, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026
• An app icon is, of course, a tiny speck in the complicated landscapes of our lives.
  — Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
• The rules of play for this brutal sport are unique and, at times, complicated.
  — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2026
• This is a dense, complicated novel, not one to speed through on a two-hour flight.
  — Shawna Seed, Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2023
• This review does not need to feel complicated or strict.
  — Fazila Shahid Lodhi, Idaho Statesman, 8 Apr. 2026
• If all that sounds a bit complicated, that’s sportscar racing for you.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 12 June 2026
• But much of this is complicated.
  — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 12 Jan. 2026
• What makes something so complicated is when there’s no one to blame — that would be so easy.
  — Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 21 Mar. 2025
• So that's when things get a little bit more complicated.
  — Tovia Smith, NPR, 30 Oct. 2025
• These shows are complicated to do.
  — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 24 Mar. 2026
• But these are no more complicated.
  — The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2026
• Now comes the long road ahead of complicated grief – and guilt – for her daughter.
  — Sam Woodward, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2026
• If an app is too complicated, people won’t use it.
  — Rebecca Lazar, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025