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Sentence Examples The only sound was the sigh of the wind across the Pripyat marshes, accelerating to a low moan among the squat blocks of flats. I assume it is easier for small-minded people to moan and complain about benefits than actually ask the questions which matter. It makes me really angry that there are some who moan and complain about exams getting easier based on year-on-year improvements in the results. However the people who do moan and complain about smokers have no right, there are no smoking areas all over the place! With a twitch of her reins, her horse breaks right, and the therm moan their disappointment. Dubliners will have to try even harder to pretend to care when listening to culchies moan about their problems. Sure, I can moan about everything as much as I like, but at the end of the day it's just a job. They will grumble, they will gripe, they will moan about waiting lists and rotten food. When a young poet fails to find the words he can moan and wail and lament his wanton muse, gone off and left him bereft and lonesome. Vanessa says you always moan when the mint dies down and you can't get decent mint sauce to go with your roast lamb. He heard a moan come from her bloodless lips and then the door was shut and his wife cut from his view. The noise sounded like a soft moan and echoed through the silence that surrounded the house. His ears began to twitch when they picked up the sound of a soft moan coming from within the rubble. The one that had stirred seemed to struggle through a haze to sit up, and finally succeeding, with a low moan of pain. She blinked a few times, slowly becoming aware of the figure she still clutched to on her left, and a soft moan of pain at her right. National members can whinge, whine, moan, and groan, but in the end, people are better off after 6 years of this Government. When she whispered this Jake let out a low moan as he suddenly felt a white hot pain in his stomach. I was riding a bike. The fear was still there, coming out of me in a low moan. At first he thought it was a moan of pleasure, and he'd pulled her closer to him. Her hands clutched feebly around the silky pillowcase and her parched throat just barely managed to utter a low pain filled moan. Show More Sentences A howling moan, like storm winds rattling windows, came from the charging creatures. The rattling resumed, louder, and over the noise came the unmistakeable moan of something out of this world. You can stand there and listen to the wind moan, and wonder, Am I really in the presence of the great San Andreas Fault? For a moment the only sound in the room was the moan of the wind as it rushed past the frost-glazed windows. Rapid eye movement is at all times detected, and occasionally the patient will moan, even scream during his rest. Panforte, panettone and nougat to drool over and an Italian wine list to make oenophiles moan with pleasure. The mash had just the right amount of truffle oil and a general richness to make you moan with pleasure and the gravy was unbelievable. He said he didn't want to see some ugly broads moan about being on the rag. People moan about politics and the state of their world when they are down the pub, but then can't be bothered to use their vote on election day. She muffled a small moan as his hand pinched her erect nipple through the dress. They moan at the door now and again, asking for it to be opened so they can check the suitability of the weather for a short excursion. I feel like I must suck as a mother because some days it seems that all he does is whine and moan and complain. I don't think a web site has actually made me physically moan with anticipation and pleasure before now. The moan that the new town council members were not formally invited is not really worthy of any comment save to say it beggars all belief. It swung open with a heavy metallic moan, and I was shoved inside the dark room. I heard a slight moan from his chest as Salian applied pressure to his back. A plaintive moan emanating from the engine, a slight smell of burning and a death rattle coming from the exhaust. It was following me having a gentle moan to Yvonne about the notice in our national magazine about medical insurance rates rising. I moan and sit up with aiding pressure from my hands, and toddle into the restroom to splash water on my face. He was more mortified at that, than the feeling of the pain and he did not moan no matter how hard they basted him. Show More Sentences The heavens cry and moan as the wind's rage stirs up the burning tempest of the sky, tears are unleashed from the firmament, cold and tasteless. Having a moan has become fashionable, whether it's about grammar, chavs or cheap furniture. The heavy black oak door swung to behind me with a muffled moan of protesting hinges. He took Gonzo's instrument in both hands and blew it gently, resulting in a low moan. The woman presently occupying his thoughts suddenly let out a little moan and sat up. Car owners will moan, but such is the attachment to our vehicles we will probably stump up the extra amount. A low moan escaped his lips and he rushed me, thrusting the knife towards my stomach. Another moan of terror brings him out of his reverie and he casts a worried look in her direction. They are more like a loud, low pitched groan or a rhythmic pounding that repeats and becomes a long moan. We can moan about people's apparent lack of intelligence and mixed motives later. I know you moan about me behind my back, my dear, and I don't blame you for it for a minute. New emotions assailed her so strongly she dropped to her knees with a moan. This is not a moan or a gripe but something that's been puzzling me of late. She could hear every halting breath, every tear drip off his chin, and every soft moan a painful lament. She let out a soft moan that would only reach Cindy's ears, alerting her of her discomfort. A small moan escaped her pink lips as she tilted her head to allow him better access to her throat and neck. With the dual sensations of both physical and metaphysical pleasure, it was extremely difficult not to moan his ecstasy aloud. They just can't work him out, so they mump and moan and gripe and groan about how he doesn't lead from the front. What we found in making these selections, is that it is all too easy to moan about the decline and fall of popular culture. So isn't it odd that the aggrieved parties always run to the papers for their moan rather than the game's governing body? Show More Sentences Azee cabbed it home, and DH and I went back to the apartment to lie around and moan, and not in a sexy way, either. Nothing is left alone, as strings sigh, saxophones parp and cellos moan on Lerche's quest to shove everything into this pop odyssey. I am, as usual, dog tired and my back has been absolutely killing me over the last few days, so I'm going to go lie down and moan incoherently. It does make her cross now when young women moan about their husbands being away for three months. The low, dull, moan of the Sabbath siren lulls you into the 25-hour respite from modernity. Her body went rigid, and the moan became a rattle deep in her throat. As I submit to the ever-changing nebulosity above me, the distant melancholy moan of a train whistle carries through the valley and touches me, reminding that I am not alone. Many parents moan about their offspring rising at the crack of dawn. A former gospel choirgirl, Staton cultivated her scratchy moan during her years at Muscle Shoals by intentionally singing herself hoarse every night. Sentimentalists will moan that the TV has replaced the traditional fireplace as the focus of family attention over the holidays, but we say bah, humbug to that. Flutists are asked to sing through their instruments, pianists are asked to whistle and moan, and instrumental scores are visually twisted into circles or cruciforms. He can cry and grizzle and moan for hours until he finally gives up. They may be right, and if they are I shall moan and groan about the cold, the wet, the wind and whatever Nature may chose to visit upon me, of course I shall. It is politically correct nonsense from Labour, which is trying to give every little moaner, groaner, and complainer something to write to somebody about and moan and groan. Dream about snowflakes as the doleful synthesizers moan like winter winds. She heard a sound escape him, a mix between a moan and a hiss. Countries moan over destabilising capital flows while global trade talks remain in near-stasis. Who moan and groan when forced to doll up, and beg instead to wear their big brother's old jeans? Ivan Lendl made him a fierce competitor, taught him not to gripe, not to mope or moan and groan. Let other people moan and groan about sky-high rents and real estate in New York City. Show More Sentences Everyone's always assumed it was some straightforward moan and groan eroto-pop classic? but it's much, much more than that really. Example: People who moan and groan and complain frequently can find that even their valid complaints may be overlooked. We can either come into politics to name, shame, moan and whinge, or to try and solve a problem. There's loads of things I could complain about with Ed Miliband: Trident this, mugs with immigrant, there's loads of things I could moan about. After the 2012 Olympic marathon, which I didn't finish because of a bad injury, I didn't want to just sit, moan and be down. We must not allow ourselves to become disheartened by those who moan about the lack of opportunity. This dark episode in history could have been a convenient excuse to moan about being dealt a bad hand in life. Some lie unconscious on mattresses with intravenous drips attached to outside walls or trees, while others moan with convulsions of pain. Economists and governments moan about low saving rates resulting in a lack of investment. Just granite, ice, and the eerie moan of the wind whenever we stopped. She gave out a low moan, the only sound she could currently force out of her throat, and attempted to raise her hands to massage her throbbing temples. If you get a bunch of women together they moan about these same things. Do you promise to moan continually about lack of conjugal relations? We grumble and moan but really we live the life of Riley by comparison. Copper mining is the most toxic form of metal mining in the United States, but you can only moan and groan about it so much. Sure, if Romney finishes below 40 percent the media will moan and groan that he failed to meet expectations. Students moan and growl and shriek and yawp, as if exorcising demons in a ritualistic ceremony. The only sound, other than the eerie whistle of the wind, is the moan of prayer horns, blown by maroon-robed monks, which echo ominously across the valley. As much as customers love to moan about small, uncomfortable seats, the demand for them is higher than ever. But, generally speaking, businesses scream and moan, react and innovate, and wind up in a better place. Show More Sentences Adam continued to moan in hypnotic agony. Joshua needed to make a move. Boldly, Joshua strode toward the firedragon. With only a little prodding, the blond model seemed to find the black stud's happy button as I heard Ty let out a low moan. Not only thin materials, but Johnny's jeans and corduroys, which the old iron lady used to chew up and swallow and then just moan and die on. I press on my clitoris, swirl my two fingers over my love button, emitting a low moan. Humour, the moan goes up, doesn't seem to get around much any more. They too will weep and moan, but at the idea of scoring in Satan's net! You might be pushing hard in a corner with the tall truck like tires starting to moan like they are getting ready to let go or you might be hauling a rather active trailer down a gravel road. It is recommended to do this before the meal or in case of moan. All too often in this society we forget those geuinely in need and hand money, and an easy life, to those who moan the loudest. As much as we moan about the oligarchs pouring their money into the game, deep down we secretly hope one day they will tire of the Bridge, and look eastwards. It grows colder, and grayer, and penguins cry in the night, and huge amphibians moan and slubber. Oh, she wants to moan with pain, thinking of Richard lying down on the sunbaking rock, naked as well. I'd moan about how unbearably smug this must make all those stupid optimists, but my time here is limited and it'd probably only slash a couple more months off my life. About half the time, she comes within hailing distance of moan territory. They grumble and moan a bit at first but then, over the course of the weekend, I start to see a gradual change and they no longer feel bored and restless. Erect in his seat in a north London pub, his slim 6ft 5in wrapped in layers of fitted menswear, Blake drinks a coffee and indulges in that great British pleasure: the meandering, recreational moan. People who have dealings with it respect it but also moan about it. At the center of the storm is the voice, a powerhouse instrument that can croon with tenderness, collapse amid despairing sobs, shriek in fury, moan with desire or make demands that cannot be safely ignored. It's worth remembering, I thought at this point, that when William's mother Diana began to moan about this sort of intrusion, and feel little more than a public property broody mare, she was branded wholly bonkers. As Mr Zapp says, the moan of penurious British academics is familiar. Show More Sentences Its slow-burning moan sounds like a grunge group trying to pull themselves out of the primordial soup. Endsick, they called it, and at moments of planetary conjuncture, calendrical bad luck or mooncalf births, its sufferers would moan and puke, struck down by the side effects of revelations in which they had no faith. When she began to moan again, the defendant wrapped bubblewrap round her head and stabbed her, the jury was told. Managers grizzle and moan like this more or less all the time. And the best his Republican opponents can do is moan about Benghazi. Jurgen Klopp kicked off his first Liverpool pre-match Press conference with a moan about paparazzi snapping him househunting. Not so we can moan and groan, demand quotas for female firefighters, or turn every dirty joke into a sexual harassment case. Still, when the professors saw one another at the staff club or at church or at a faculty meeting, they were careful to moan about the riffraff from town coming onto their sacred campus to steal. When the afflicted are protected, the laughers moan. They moan and groan when she misses a layup. I have no sympathy with those smokers who moan on about having to go outside pubs and clubs to light up their ciggies. There was a moan or two for a week when we would forget to bring the old shopping bags, but in changing the mindset this tax on its own has done what years of talking in this Parliament and national parliaments could not do. Don't moan about your own weight and how 'boring' being on a diet is. Mr. Herbert makes his moan over the awful one-handedness and one-leggedness of our rich classes, who are smitten with the universal incapacity to help theniselves. Locals also moan that Phoenicians are becoming more antisocial. Centro did not answer my moan WHEN is a bus shelter a bus shelter? Well don't you moan and don't you groan Just take out a pay day loan Don't decry your low paid temporary part time job Better than being classed as a skiving yob. Crows on the roof beat their wings and made their low tubercular moan. It's fine for us to moan and groan about the shaved-smooth muscled stereotype, but it's also vital to grab our share of sexed-up or smooching spokesmodels. Examples from Classical Literature There were no sounds but the seep of sand, the moan of wind, the mourn of wolf. I groggily stood up, and stepped over Mabel, who was just beginning to moan. One's psyche and the years contract at the first unprefaced, Trans-Atlantic moan, and one is left to carnify the thing accomplished midway through the second ring. While the rescued Kwaque continued to moan and slubber thankfulness at his feet, he proceeded to strip them that were naked. She uttered a long moan, all the more terrible for its subdual to a sound that could not pass beyond the room. We jumped again, the sickness of disorientation forcing a moan from the girl, and darkness shivered round us. The old owl no longer hooted, and the water-oaks had ceased to moan as they bent their heads. She exhaled a moan of relief as we at last came in sight of the greater part of the water without a sight of the child. A low moan broke from her, and she flung herself at his feet and lay there like a trampled flower. He emitted a faint moan from behind a pile of cardboard boxes on the table, which might have contained gloves or handkerchies or neckties. He gave a moan and went to work feverishly at a supplementary note. Or how repeat the tuneful moan When the Obdurate's all my own? Was it a coyote calling, or had he indeed heard the moan of a dying man, somewhere back amongst that dark, gloomy jungle? Face as long as a gasman's mac, became an old fogie at primary school, has made misery his life's work and likes nothing so much as a good moan. Ginevra shuddered when she saw the long, broad gash made by the blade of a sabre on the young man's forearm, and a moan escaped her. The poor fellow gave a piteous moan, but still did not stir. It went on for an hour, then the tired child went to sleep, and it was pitiful to hear her moan and nestle, and I couldn't do anything for her. The weather began to moan and the boles of the pines to quake. As he spoke the psychic began to toss and writhe and moan pitifully. Unlike a friend or colleague, a man's best friend won't cancel on you, give excuses, moan about the weather or slack off the pace. Show More Sentences I thought you were asleep, so I just made a little private moan for my one beauty. The wood followed us with a moan which was gathering to a roar. Not a sound was heard but the moan of an occasional gust of wind. Thereupon Macquart, seeing that he was about to be paid, began to moan. The poor, bleeding heart brought not a single moan to the lips. Then the shriek died away again into a wail and a moan, and so da capo. Jurgis, without a word, lifts Ona in his arms, and strides out with her, and she sinks her head upon his shoulder with a moan. When Greybeard tried to set the broken bones, flaker began to moan. The moan of that wounded beast which betrayed its calamitous condition was the sending of Lauriston to Kutuzov's camp with overtures for peace. Thus made he his moan, this poor Sir La Cote Male Taile, and sorrowed passing sore. A prolonged moan, a lowing of cattle in pain, came to his ears. Again was I suddenly recalled to my immediate surroundings by a repetition of the weird moan from the depths of the cave. There was no occasion to make much moan about this state of affairs. People said it was heartbreaking to hear her call her child, and raise her head and listen a whole minute at a time, then lay it wearily down again with a moan. Then there is my other main moan of the moment, the chap who looks like a student who is locked in a windowless room with nothing but a telephone book. The black man called to his comrades that the lion was coming, but they were too far gone in fear to do more than huddle closer together and moan more loudly than before. Find more words! 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What is the opposite of moan? Words that rhyme with moan What is the past tense of moan? What is the plural of moan? What is the adverb for moan? What is the adjective for moan? What is the noun for moan? Translations for moan Use our Sentence Generator Nearby Words moai Moabites Moabite MOAB Moab MOA moana moan and groan moaned moaner moaning moans 4-letter Words Starting With m mo moa