moan
Example Sentences
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“It was enough where the mama bear was moaning loudly trying to get help.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
“Get me rewrite!” he seems to be moaning.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
And team boss Toto Wolff, who rarely talks on the radio, ordered his protege to "concentrate on the driving, not on the radio moaning".
From BBC ● May 23, 2026
But while Mother Russia’s not involved, you can almost hear her fatalistically moaning, “Just don’t bother!”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
They moved down the gravel to find fresh water and he washed his hair again as well as he could and finally stopped because the boy was moaning with the cold of it.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
