moan
Example Sentences
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We don’t moan about what we have lost after we’ve sold everything—since we can’t take it with us, there’s no point.
From Literature
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“Noooo. Not the brownies,” George moaned as the big polar bear scarfed them down.
From Literature
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She just collapsed onto a seat, moaning something about “scrambled brains.”
From Literature
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"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
"Palace have to sell Guehi. Palace are not Manchester City. I played in Europe with Wolves with a super small squad. We never moaned, we cracked on. That is just life."
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.