Example Sentences

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The junior guard was moaning in pain as he was clutching his knee while being looked at by trainers.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 18, 2022

Later, the prominent Kremlin critic was moaning in pain, prompting an emergency landing with an ambulance waiting to race him to intensive care.

From Washington Post • Aug. 20, 2020

Eight days later she was moaning, asking for water and saying she was dying.

From Washington Times • Apr. 7, 2019

I drove in rain, on sliding mud; everybody was moaning and throwing up.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 28, 2016

With her free arm, she supported Laila, who was moaning, and had her own arm flung around Rasheed’s neck.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini