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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of moan.

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Examples

  • And while that wasn't one of the retaliatory hits that coach Coughlin moaned afterwards always get players caught, it was even more painful.

    Giants Their Own Worst Enemy Aditi Kinkhabwala 2010

  • In my short drive, the van was responsive enough, but the drivetrain moaned and whined quite a bit.

    Behind the wheel: Chevrolet Equinox AMP, Ford Transit Connect EV, Smart EV 2010

  • And he again moaned: "But it was in vain; quite in vain."

    The Filigree Ball 1903

  • "No trees, no bluffs, no cabins, no telegraph poles, nothin '," moaned Red Bill; "nothin 'respectable enough nor big enough to swing the toes of a five-foot man clear o' the ground.

    JAN, THE UNREPENTANT 2010

  • "No trees, no bluffs, no cabins, no telegraph poles, nothin '," moaned Red Bill; "nothin 'respectable enough nor big enough to swing the toes of a five-foot man clear

    Jan, the Unrepentant 1901

  • The sky-metal sword moaned as it cleaved air and wrist.

    Into the Thinking Kingdoms Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1999

  • The sky-metal sword moaned as it cleaved air and wrist.

    Into the Thinking Kingdoms Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1999

  • Call moaned when his wounded arm bumped against the saddle horn.

    The Lonesome Dove Series Larry McMurtry 1995

  • Call moaned when his wounded arm bumped against the saddle horn.

    Streets of Laredo Larry McMurtry 1993

  • With a mighty effort, he pulled Stormbringer from its scabbard and he smiled in relief as the evil runesword moaned faintly and then, slowly, its song increased in power as black flame flickered along its length.

    The Weird of the White Wolf Moorcock, Michael, 1939- 1977

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