Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

They were beaten in the end, by a 98th-minute winner, but they were really unlucky to lose and Liverpool were moaning and groaning about how they had, almost, seen the game out.

From BBC • Oct. 23, 2022

Police did not say what language people were speaking, and the victims were moaning when emergency personnel arrived.

From Washington Post • Jun. 27, 2022

“They were moaning and obviously in a lot of pain. They were miserable,” said Luis Lopez, who shot the photograph as he waited for more than two hours to receive the treatment.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 20, 2021

They were moaning and griping, ‘This hurts so bad. I can’t do this.’

From Washington Times • Sep. 6, 2015

Around me the hoboes were moaning, groaning, sobbing, sighing, gasping, panting, rolling and tossing and floundering heavily in their torment.

From The Road by London, Jack