moan

Example Sentences

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"If you don't like it, don't use them. Agents who are moaning would struggle with their business if they decided to come off it," Keogh said.

From BBC

It blew in great, roaring gusts, then abruptly died, leaving an empty space that echoed with the most disturbing sound: a far-off moaning, as if the woods were trying to tell Clare something.

From Literature

“Ohhh, leave me be,” it moaned, gravely, like wind weeping in treetops.

From Literature

The young beech tree was still moaning, but it hadn’t long to live.

From Literature

As the ice rocked to the movement of the waves and the wind moaned among the eewoonucks, I was in danger of losing my life.

From Literature