moan

Example Sentences

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While Americans moan about $4 to $5 a gallon gas, Europeans pay the equivalent of $7 to $9 a gallon.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Johnson wants to usher people who moan that today’s movies aren’t any good back into his sacred space, the cinema.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025

She didn't get an invitation to the coronation of her ex-brother-in-law, but didn't moan about it.

From BBC • Sep. 23, 2025

Navalny was brought back to his cell, his wife said, where he lay down on the ground, pulled his legs up to his stomach and began to moan from pain.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 17, 2025

And it was simple—a low and mournful moan.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan