Examples of “complicate” in a Sentence

verb To make something more difficult or intricate than it needs to be.

• Don't complicate the recipe with extra steps when three simple ingredients are enough.
• Adding more clauses only complicated the contract.
• Please don't complicate things by bringing up the past.

verb (medicine) Of a condition, to develop alongside and worsen another illness.

• High blood pressure can complicate pregnancy, so the doctor checks it at every visit.
• His asthma was complicated by a bad case of the flu last winter.
• A chest infection complicated her recovery from surgery.