complain

For several hours beforehand, Mr ████ had been complaining of numerous painful boils on his back.
Plusieurs heures avant ça, M. ████ se plaignait de plusieurs furoncles douloureux dans son dos.
I read in La Stampa on 15 August that Mr Védrine and Mr Fischer had been complaining.
J'ai lu La Stampa du 15 août et j'ai lu que MM. Védrine et Fischer s'étaient plaints.
The Apostle was undoubtedly continuing to rejoice in the Lord, but if he had been complaining, sulking, and bitter, his witness would have been zero.
L’apôtre se réjouissait sans doute continuellement dans le Seigneur, mais s’il s’était plaint et avait boudé amèrement, son témoignage n’aurait servi à rien.
The Apostle was undoubtedly continuing to rejoice in the Lord, but if he had been complaining, sulking, and bitter, his witness would have been zero.
L’apôtre se réjouissait sans doute continuellement dans le Seigneur, mais s’il s’était plaint et avait boudé amèrement, son témoignage n’aurait servi à rien. © 1998
The Apostle was undoubtedly continuing to rejoice in the Lord, but if he had been complaining, sulking, and bitter, his witness would have been zero.
L’apôtre se réjouissait sans doute continuellement dans le Seigneur, mais s’il s’était plaint et avait boudé amèrement, son témoignage n’aurait servi à rien. © 1998 Lajeunesse
Mr. Mohamad (Sudan) said that the piecemeal method of presenting the budget, which made it difficult for Member States to review the proposals, was itself an example of the lack of transparency that Member States had been complaining of.
M. Mohamad (Soudan) dit que la présentation fragmentaire du budget, qui rend difficile aux États Membres l'examen des propositions, est en soi un exemple du manque de transparence dont se plaignent les États Membres.
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