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moan

[mohn] / moʊn /
NOUN
groan, complaint
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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

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

Training with his uncle meant he could not "moan or fuss", and he said he was treated the same way as all the other boxers at the gym in Essex.

From BBC • Aug. 18, 2025

And there, like an old friend, is Cronenberg’s regular composer Howard Shore with a synth moan to keep the mood unnerving.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2025

Daddy had gone down and fetched Grandma’s chair so she could rock and moan as was her custom.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson




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