moan over
Example Sentences
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In his 1974 book, “The Americanization of Dixie: The Southernization of America,” for example, the journalist and historian John Egerton issued a long, lonesome moan over how malled-up and hollow-souled the South was becoming.
From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2013
We are shown the beach, the slate-tiled saltwater pool and the al fresco cocktail shanty—phenomena my fellow travelers quietly moan over and photograph with reverent diligence.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2013
In the serene, classic setting of the building designed by Thomas Jefferson, much was found to moan over in the condition of public affairs.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mercy uttered a scream, and, catching her child up off the floor, began to rock herself and moan over it.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866 by Various
They moan over its ruin as though it were a human being, and far then be it from me to laugh at them for doing so.
From Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris by Labouchere, Henry
