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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

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

You can't moan about having less games - that should give them the physical advantage here.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2025

He began a low moan, so Aunt Goldie began humming to the organ’s “Abide with Me.”

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles

“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

Bruno Fernandes is a very good player, but then he has those times where he moans a lot.

From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2024

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

It arrived as the music of dire necessity, the work song, the psalm, and was subsequently used to distract and entertain captors, or to scare them off with screams and moans they couldn’t decipher.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2023

The shrill cries of babies, the repetitive moans, and the echoes of shallow, labored breathing bombard the large space.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung

“It’s my trick ankle,” I moaned, adding that I’d had this surgery before, after a snow skiing accident in my late 20s.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Many in the audience laughed and applauded, when they should have gasped or moaned.

From Slate ● Sep. 10, 2026

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

“Braaaaaains!” he moaned in his best Morpho voice.

From "A Monster of a Mystery (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #5)" by Franklin W. Dixon

The dramatic trills of “Venus” and moaning peals of “Torn Curtain” showcased Lloyd’s natural guitar language with Verlaine, adding up to an unmistakable and irreplaceable sound.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2026

Here, Fay Victor, a uniquely daring and creative singer, adorns her vocal with all manner of creaking, wailing, moaning and scatting, yet she maintains Bey’s feeling of directing a congregation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

The director’s moaning score here, supplemented with sputtering engines and clanking chains, underline the movie’s ghost-story vibe — the sense that poor Nick is both alive and dead.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026

“Get me rewrite!” he seems to be moaning.

From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026

Danny took a step and the wooden floorboards made a sound that reminded him of his eighty-year.old neighbor moaning about her joints.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova