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
People sigh and moan over the uncertainty of life, but that is ungrateful, for there are happy surprises as well as sad, and all sorts of pleasant things cropping up which one never expects.
From More About Peggy by Unknown
All she can do is to moan over her lot and to take refuge in the works of Miss Hominy.
From Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) by Calhoun, Lucia Gilbert
