Complained
Hurt and complained are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hurt" instead a verb "Complained".
Hurt
Hurt verb - To feel or cause physical pain.
Complained and hurt are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Complained" instead a verb "Hurt".
Both words in one sentence
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When two orcs appeared, the one who was said to have it worst complained about a hurt spleen.
Source: Useless Spleen -
Or the one with the broken finger who complained of joint pain because it hurt when he poked any of his joints.
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Among those injured in the July 20 bomb plot, he complained that no one had been more badly hurt than himself, yet Hitler still received more sympathy from party loyalists.
Source: Characters / Nazi Germany
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