How to Use complication in a Sentence

complication

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  • The patient died of complications from surgery.
  • The negotiations stalled when complications arose.
  • She experienced complications during her pregnancy.
  • Pneumonia is a common complication of AIDS.
  • At the end of the day, there are a lot of complications.
    — Lynsey Eidell, Peoplemag, 21 Dec. 2023
  • These complications extend to the fate of the school building.
    — Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 May 2023
  • Nicole Hazen passed away last year at the age of 45 from complications due to glioblastoma.
    — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 26 May 2023
  • Just as was the case for the Utes in the Pac-12, there are complications involved in that, some of them natural, most of them man-made.
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 July 2023
  • Charny died from complications of a stroke this January at the age of 95.
    — Sabrina Souza, CNN, 1 June 2023
  • Newell said the death, in a hospital, was from complications of heart surgery.
    — Clay Risen, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Heather Jessup, a friend, said the cause was complications of cancer.
    — Neil Genzlinger, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2023
  • Here’s what borrowers need to know to prepare ahead of time and avoid complications.
    — Valeria Olivares, Dallas News, 15 June 2023
  • The cause was complications of kidney disease and Alzheimer’s disease, said his wife, the artist Martha Posner.
    — Penelope Green, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2023
  • In her 2019 Post interview, Kizer did not shy away from the complications in her case.
    — Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 17 Feb. 2024
  • The cause of his death, at a memory care center, was complications of Alzheimer’s disease, said his son, Bill Dischinger.
    — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2023
  • By the end of the year, the coach and mentor who gave Riley his first break as a coach, Mike Leach, died suddenly from complications of a heart condition.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2023
  • But none of these treatments does any good for syphilis, and 128 of the men ultimately died of the disease or complications related to it.
    — Caitjan Gainty, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The cause was complications of a fall, her daughter, Kathleen Bauerlin, said.
    — Alex Traub, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Anyone who is at high risk of serious flu complications and planning to attend a fair should avoid pigs and swine barns.
    — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 26 July 2023
  • His wife, Virginia Knight Tyson, attributed the death to heart complications.
    — Tim Kiska, Detroit Free Press, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Measles can be severe in all age groups and can lead to serious complications, such as pneumonia and death.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Her brother, who died from health complications at 47 two years ago, had a long history with police all over the nation.
    — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The news comes as the comedian grieves the death of his longtime partner, Ms. Jacky Oh!, who died in May from cosmetic surgery complications.
    — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Despite the complications, the stormwater and snowpack should prove valuable water resources for the state in the future, experts say.
    — Devika Rao, The Week, 23 May 2023
  • Are there ways in which the freedom creates its own complications, as much as having to work within standards and practices did?
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Among these patients, the study notes, patients run the risk of complications with less benefit than if the procedure were done later.
    — Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY, 30 May 2023
  • And Black and Indigenous women are two-to-three times more likely than their White counterparts to die of complications.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 13 June 2023
  • And researchers often worry that health complications that can come with obesity will cloud the results of their work.
    — Jonel Aleccia, Fortune Well, 7 Nov. 2023
  • The other complications drive home, however, the fact that this is a traditional dress watch.
    — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 9 June 2023
  • There are many reasons why Silvio Berlusconi’s death, at 86 due to complications from chronic leukemia, represents the end of an era.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 13 June 2023

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