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Main Entry:
moan
[
mohn
]
/
moʊn
/
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Part of Speech:
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Example Sentences
They
moan
about high taxes and the crushing burden of bureaucracy.
Businessmen
moan
about rigid labour laws, which there is little political will to reform.
Or that freight trains rumble and
moan
through the low-slung downtown day and night.
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They
moan
about high taxes and the crushing burden of bureaucracy.
Businessmen
moan
about rigid labour laws, which there is little political will to reform.
Or that freight trains rumble and
moan
through the low-slung downtown day and night.
Her laugh turned to a
moan
at the first ripple in her bones.
The roommate appeared to be sleeping, but later that night began to
moan
.
Some sit and stare, some pace, some
moan
and chatter to themselves.
The rides creak,
moan
and flash their lights at the same radically reduced rate that they turn and twitch.
And that goes for the rest of you that
moan
on and on about this stupid debate.
Other animals may whimper,
moan
and wail, but none sheds tears of emotion--not even our closest primate cousins.
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