Example Sentences

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"In my career if I had moaned all the time about what I didn't have available to me I would never have been able to coach, even at Segunda B level."

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2021

It was a victory from a stage novice that silenced critics who had moaned about movie stars with dubious skills showing up in Times Square simply to sell tickets.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 20, 2012

"We'll have the worst team Notre Dame has ever had," moaned the coach of the mighty Irish, undefeated for three years.

From Time Magazine Archive

That man Nobile," Riiser-Larsen had moaned, "has more gall and conceit than I thought any civilized person would dare to show.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had moaned continually about his old rat, Scabbers, but had been most upset when Hermione’s cat, Crookshanks, appeared to have eaten him.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling