moan over
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In his 1974 book, “The Americanization of Dixie: The Southernization of America,” for example, the journalist and historian John Egerton issued a long, lonesome moan over how malled-up and hollow-souled the South was becoming.
From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2013
We are shown the beach, the slate-tiled saltwater pool and the al fresco cocktail shanty—phenomena my fellow travelers quietly moan over and photograph with reverent diligence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 14, 2013
In the serene, classic setting of the building designed by Thomas Jefferson, much was found to moan over in the condition of public affairs.
From Time Magazine Archive
Susan shut him out; and then gently extricating the dead child from its mother's arms, she could not resist making her own quiet moan over her darling.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 by Various
Don’t moan over a loaf of bread forgotten before Him who has love enough, and power enough to give you and somebody beside a thousand thousand loaves.
From Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline A Story of the Development of a Young Girl's Life by Jennie M. Drinkwater
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