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

She didn't get an invitation to the coronation of her ex-brother-in-law, but didn't moan about it.

From BBC • Sep. 23, 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

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

The tent flapped open, and the low melancholy moan of the wind blew tiny snowflakes, like silver seeds, over Amah.

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin