moaned

past tense of moan

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of moaned From the other room, the victim moaned. Stephanie Kuzydym, The Courier-Journal, 15 Aug. 2025 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for moaned
Verb
  • 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
  • According to multiple witness accounts, Black groaned, gasped and appeared to be in visible distress during the execution.
    Christina Coulter, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • But some residents complained they weren’t provided enough information about the project, which became a cause celebre for Republicans who led the way in stoking fears about the prospect of communist infiltration, given the Chinese ownership of the plant’s parent company.
    Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
  • However, Magness argues that Hamilton pushed for the anti-immigrant measures and, after they were passed, complained that not enough deportations were taking place.
    Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The 53-year-old actor sobbed uncontrollably as the audience on the Lido erupted into 15-minute standing ovation, one of the longest at this year’s festival so far.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The teen, whose mother also sobbed in court as her son was sentenced on Tuesday, had pleaded guilty to charges including culpable driving causing death, theft, and failing to render assistance in July, the Sydney Morning Herald noted.
    Becca Longmire, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Steve Jobs screamed from time to time as self-therapy.
    Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The symbolism is a little over-the-top if this is the case, but then again, this is a show for teens based on a YA novel, also for teens, and sometimes the symbolism needs to be screamed in ALL CAPS.
    Sam Reed, Glamour, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • When Harry confessed that the newlyweds’ romance was inspiring to him in his own dating life, Kate reportedly cried.
    Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 7 Sep. 2025
  • After Vekić broke her serve at 4–4, Gauff sat in her chair during the changeover and cried.
    Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • Some faculty and staff reacted with horror, others voiced increasing fear about the ongoing assault on academic freedom, and some merely muttered in sad resignation to the new reality.
    Giuliana Perrone, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2025

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