moan

Example Sentences

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To mention the most popular moan, the silver screen has been losing its monopoly on displaying moving pictures since the arrival of TV in the 1940s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025

Johnson wants to usher people who moan that today’s movies aren’t any good back into his sacred space, the cinema.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025

Navalny was brought back to his cell, his wife said, where he lay down on the ground, pulled his legs up to his stomach and began to moan from pain.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 17, 2025

Patient Fearghas Powell said: "I feel like I moan a lot but it’s because I’m just impatient with this life, I want my old life back."

From BBC • Dec. 10, 2024

As if in defiance, the moan of the wind shifted into a shriek.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson