How to Use complainant in a Sentence
complainant
noun-
So the complainants aren’t asking for his termination or censure.
— Christina Cauterucci, Slate Magazine, 14 Sep. 2017 -
Gilead settled with the complainants in June to the tune of $40 million, without admitting fault.
— Samantha Riedel, Them, 26 July 2024 -
If schools choose the former, that would be a change from previous guidelines, which allowed complainants to also appeal not-guilty verdicts.
— Gretel Kauffman, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Sep. 2017 -
In fact, the process can often take longer to complete because of the amount of care that goes into making sure all complainants are fairly represented.
— Robert Craig Baum, Fortune, 16 July 2017 -
The complainant provided the suspect description to police.
— Carol Robinson, AL.com, 21 Sep. 2017 -
The form is not a requirement, Boggs Muething said, but a way of prompting a complainant to provide the right information.
— Lara Korte, Cincinnati.com, 31 July 2017 -
The complainant withdrew her claim three days later, but then-coach Will Muschamp upheld Harris’ suspension through the game.
— Jordan McPherson, ajc, 2 Oct. 2017 -
Patton said there are multiple complainants against Pell, but gave no other details on the allegations against the cardinal.
— Bloomberg.com, 29 June 2017 -
There is no language within the Act that requires the complainant to be from a minority or marginalised race, nor that the defendant comes from a place of racial privilege.
— Crystal Andrews, refinery29.com, 7 Mar. 2024 -
Typically, the complainants, victims or witnesses wouldn’t cooperate with the agencies in these cases, officials say.
— Zolan Kanno-Youngs, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2017 -
The complainant had filed a grievance for staff misconduct in August 2013 after the incident, according to the report.
— Jennifer Calfas, Time, 4 Oct. 2017 -
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 -
His university opened an investigation without any complainants.
— Katie Reilly, Time, 7 Sep. 2017 -
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 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 realized something was wrong and did not cash the check.
— Bruce Geiselman, cleveland, 8 Aug. 2020
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