moan
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“Otherwise, you sit there and moan and groan and don’t vote. They’re going to do what they want,” David Goodman said.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
He meets the younger singer on her turf: The track is a theatrical pop confection with a busy, singsong melody, and Mr. Smith’s ageless cracked moan makes him sound like an approving father figure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
The score by Joseph Bishara is shivery with chorales that moan like wraiths in the wind.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026
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
Big Ma sighed, long and heavy, a moan beneath it.
From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia
“I was just thinking about the Supreme Court,” he moans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2025
“Why am I getting involved with a cinephile?” moans Beau-Beau, speaking for many an indie producer to follow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
"My body every morning – it's like Rice Krispies," moans Manchester-born Simon Webb.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2025
But it’s the contestants’ moans, screams and cramped expressions as they try to suppress their laughter that are really compelling.
From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2024
Besides the grunts, moans, and whimpers of the villagers, all is quiet.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
She sang open-throated declarations, recited broken poetic verses, scatted with the authority of a jazz singer, moaned with bluesy intent, and occasionally let loose an unbridled shriek or giggle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 4, 2026
Fails tried to get her daughter comfortable as she cried and moaned.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2024
Before his winner he hit both posts, moaned and furiously gesticulated at the referee and team-mates, while also being pursued by a pitch invader at one stage.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2024
“So maybe I won’t be warm,” Ms. Kadyrova, 85, moaned.
From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2023
Papa half groaned, half moaned before saying, “I. Have. Made. So. Many. Big. Decisions. Over and over the last few years.”
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
With universities moaning to Congress about their inability to compensate athletes while maintaining large athletic programs—look at the push for antitrust protection—no financial opportunity should be ignored.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
“Get me rewrite!” he seems to be moaning.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
Antonelli complained about Russell's driving over the team radio but was told by Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff to stop "moaning".
From BBC ● May 23, 2026
"You will get people moaning because they see it as something different," former Bristol City and Swansea striker Lee Trundle told BBC Sport.
From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2026
She sounded raspy, as if she’d been screaming with Hibiscus, who was moaning softly in his corner of the training room.
From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
