Example Sentences
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On the island's Arran Moans and Groans Facebook page, residents reported that they had to accommodate about 60 stranded passengers.
From BBC • May 14, 2023
Sharrock has been heavily respected in jazz circles since the 1960s for her raw and riveting use of extended vocal techniques: Moans, breaths and cries have been her musical units.
From New York Times • Apr. 10, 2023
Moans and groans and the stench of diarrhea emanated from the so-called receptacles, the barracks set up for new arrivals; people wandered the grassy streets in fevered dazes.
From Slate • Sep. 23, 2014
Moans Los Angeles Police Chief Daryl Gates: "It was the worst year ever in my 32 years as a police officer."
From Time Magazine Archive
Moans, weeping, incessant chattering, screaming, all very faint.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
