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moan

noun as in groan, complaint

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verb as in groan, complain

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Mom’s anguished childbirth moaning segues to those of young women nearby having their babies ripped from their arms and thrown into a bonfire.

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The second time I saw the road thriller “Sirāt,” I couldn’t wait to hear the audience moan.

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All of them were sweating and moaning to price the risks of these CDOs their firms had created.

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If my players were moaning and sweating, I knew they were working hard enough!

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But she joked her mum "would probably moan getting into it" if she was still here.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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