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

The score by Joseph Bishara is shivery with chorales that moan like wraiths in the wind.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

To mention the most popular moan, the silver screen has been losing its monopoly on displaying moving pictures since the arrival of TV in the 1940s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025

Patient Fearghas Powell said: "I feel like I moan a lot but it’s because I’m just impatient with this life, I want my old life back."

From BBC • Dec. 10, 2024

Kuti, lying in a corner of the hut, began to moan.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya