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

It was as if the two women already made moan over the desolation of the man in whom they both were interested, though in so different degrees.

From The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1 by Various

Night being more oppressive than daylight, the tears began to trickle down her cheeks; then she lay down on the grass, and began to sob bitterly and to bewail and moan over her ill-timed fate.

From The Pobratim A Slav Novel by Jones, P.