Example Sentences

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Recent college graduates are moaning about their struggle to find jobs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 23, 2025

“And I’d always say: ‘Look, the people who are moaning about the game being on too late are people who live on the East Coast.

From Washington Post • Oct. 27, 2022

"These are the people you don't hear about when others are moaning," she says.

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2021

Passengers are moaning about unpunctuality, about overcrowding, about confusion and dirt.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2014

I asked Lee and Dale to sacrifice their Friday afternoon, and here we are, moaning.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy