1
as in complained
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely
as far as the slumlord was concerned, the unhappy tenants were just bleating about nothing
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2
as in whimpered
to utter feeble plaintive cries
the baby bleated softly as he woke up, then smiled
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In an Instagram post on Thursday, Alex O'Keefe said he was put in handcuffs and removed from the train to Connecticut after a White woman complained to a conductor about the way O'Keefe, a Black man, was sitting.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
23 Sep. 2025 -
Medical associations and healthcare employers had complained that the fee was prohibitively high for a sector that is already facing labor shortages, especially in rural areas.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
23 Sep. 2025
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The Wolverines whimpered to an 11-point loss against the Sooners but otherwise looked good in wider wins over New Mexico (34-17) and Central Michigan (63-3).—
Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Sep. 2025
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The group chanted, sang and screamed at a group of agents in military fatigues and masks who walked back and forth on the building’s roof.—
Caroline Kubzansky,
Boston Herald,
19 Sep. 2025
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Stewart screamed, demanding to know what outlet the reporter was with.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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The mother cried without smiling.—
Laura Vazquez,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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Hokies athletic director Whit Babcock cried poor before the season.—
Blake Toppmeyer,
USA TODAY,
17 Sep. 2025
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From the other room, the victim moaned.—
Stephanie Kuzydym,
The Courier-Journal,
15 Aug. 2025
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Yankees fans have moaned and groaned about Aaron Boone’s deployment of Williams in crucial situations this season, and it’s only exacerbated now that every game counts in the postseason race.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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Although full disclosure, those two words were muttered in the press box Sunday after Nix had thrown two unsightly picks through the first three quarters of the Broncos’ win over Tennessee.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
7 Sep. 2025
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There are few actors whose disembodied voices could carry long stretches of cinema, but Dafoe manages it, turning monologues about marionette mechanics or muttered complaints about hotel politics into something weirdly magnetic.—
Leila Latif,
IndieWire,
31 Aug. 2025
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“Bleated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bleated. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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