moan
Example Sentences
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Manchester United did not have to play particularly well to beat Crystal Palace on Sunday, and Eagles boss Oliver Glasner moaned afterwards about the club's failure to bring players in over the summer.
From BBC
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
Recent college graduates are moaning about their struggle to find jobs.
He’s sceptical that animals listen to the moans of stressed plants.
From Scientific American
Humans have glorious ways of vocalizing discontent: We grumble, grouse, gripe, groan, moan.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
