How to Use moan in a Sentence

moan

1 of 2 noun

• She let out a long, deep moan.
• While the pair walked in the hallway, Willis would stare at her breasts and moan, the lawsuit says.
  — Dallas News, 1 Nov. 2022
• Along with these moans, something foamy came out of his mouth.
  — Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Dec. 2022
• And that moment is now: With a metallic moan, the weight inches back down the shaft.
  — Cathleen O’Grady, Science | AAAS, 22 Apr. 2021
• Their sounds—peeps, moans, and donkey-like brays—bounce off the mountains.
  — Janice Wald Henderson, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 June 2019
• The 2013 game seemed to take sadistic pleasure in Lara’s injuries and moans of pain.
  — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 19 Mar. 2018
• The doors opened with slow creaking moans, and all the feet that entered turned into knees.
  — Silvina Ocampo, The New Yorker, 11 July 2019
• Suddenly, the moans and screams were drowned out by a new sound overhead.
  — Gaia Vince, Quartz, 8 June 2019
• Of course there were the initial screams and the side-splitting moans, sounds that came from some nameless part of her body.
  — Hilary Leichter, Harper's Magazine, 25 May 2020
• On the Volga a man started with valour and ended with a moan, which is called a song.
  — The Economist, 21 Dec. 2019
• As if in acknowledgement of the fact, the rhino lets out a doleful moan.
  — Henry Nicholls, Scientific American, 30 May 2012
• Thanks to the band, no one heard the moans—and everyone but the hapless patient assumed the treatment didn’t hurt a bit.
  — Erin Blakemore, Longreads, 19 May 2017
• In Lyuh’s deft hands, its piercing moan sounded more like a blues guitar than any of those.
  — Zoë Madonna, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2019
• The air grew heavy with anticipation and then, low and deep and melancholy as whale song, came the first moan of a ship’s horn.
  — New York Times, 12 May 2022
• Walking down the streets, locals can hear the moans and sobs of heartbroken mothers.
  — Christina Goldbaum, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2023
• From chirps to moans, this vet has your chatty cat’s vocab covered.
  — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 29 Oct. 2019
• On Friday, a guest was disturbed by moans coming from Miller’s room.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 11 Feb. 2020
• Males are known to emit a songs of complex melodies, comprised of moans, cries and chirps, and their choruses can last for hours at a time.
  — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 12 Sep. 2019
• Yankees fans, despite some moans along the way, are pretty happy with a wild card berth.
  — Jeff Jacobs, courant.com, 3 Sep. 2017
• The victim’s pained moans can be heard in the background as the dispatcher instructs the caller to cover the wound with a clean cloth or T-shirt.
  — Jeremy Childs, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2023
• The singer, best known for his work with British post-punk band Bauhaus, helped codify the sound of goth music with his grim moan and melancholy lyrics.
  — Randall Robertsstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2019
• Inside the fenced park, the morning chatter of birds and geese mingled with the low moan of a helicopter overhead.
  — Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2021
• The moans and whispers of the other prisoners had quieted, like the calm before a storm.
  — David Canfield, EW.com, 17 Oct. 2019
• What Happens Live host asks his son, who replies with an affirming moan.
  — Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com, 25 Nov. 2021
• When a disc is placed against the duck’s chest, the robot acts out the emotion, unleashing happy chirps or uneasy moans.
  — Peter Holley, Washington Post, 20 June 2019
• Background voices – moans, murmurs, sighs – emerge and recede as if from a dream.
  — Greg Kot, chicagotribune.com, 9 Oct. 2019
• And Simon called, imitating the mournful moan of a cow moose.
  — Lisa Demer, Alaska Dispatch News, 29 Sep. 2017
• Six officers trapped in the kitchen tried talking to McCall, but only heard moans.
  — Dallas News, 13 Feb. 2020
• Today marks the unofficial last weekend of summer (cue the moans and groans).
  — Alysha Witwicki, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Sep. 2017
• At ultra-low speeds, there's often a bit of a stutter when tipping into or out of the throttle, and there's a faint engine moan at times.
  — Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 1 Sep. 2023

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moan

2 of 2 verb

• The wind moaned in the trees.
• The wounded soldier moaned in pain.
• He moaned with pleasure as she rubbed his back.
• I'm tired of all his moaning and groaning about his salary.
• We were all moaning about the cold, rainy weather.
• He's always moaning about his salary.
• The children were moaning and groaning all morning, but their mother would not let them go outside.
• Watch a few how-to YouTube videos and learn to cluck and moan.
  — Jace Bauserman, Field & Stream, 2 Jan. 2020
• The wood gave off a pungent, earthy smell and the wind moaned through the tall oaks and pines.
  — Roy Berendson, Popular Mechanics, 28 Sep. 2018
• The only sound was the wind moaning through the pine trees.
  — David Maurice Smith, Smithsonian, 23 Aug. 2019
• The boat heaved back and forwards, and the wind moaned outside.
  — Laurie Hertzel, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2023
• For a time the man lay on the sidewalk, moaning in pain.
  — Allan Brettman, OregonLive.com, 13 Dec. 2017
• All the while, the crowd moaned and heaved with every shot, save and clearance.
  — Patrick Brennan, Cincinnati.com, 28 June 2017
• Your trick-or-treaters and guests will turn on their heels the minute old Drake starts to moan and scream.
  — Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 15 Sep. 2022
• Bells chimed, whistles shrieked, sirens moaned, planes flew low over the city.
  — Stephen Fried, Smithsonian, 2 May 2017
• Mathews will moan, trudging out to the barn on a rainy day to feed the horses.
  — Mary Colurso | [e-mail], al, 28 Feb. 2023
• Alyssa was able to swipe open the call and moan into the phone, with her baby by her side.
  — Madeleine Marr, miamiherald, 7 May 2018
• Please do not moan, Dodgers fans, about the unfairness of it all.
  — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2022
• The human shape moaned again, and that was enough to give Bo his second wind.
  — Andrew Liptak, The Verge, 8 July 2018
• The only people who moan about fame are the people who are in the bubble.
  — Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE.com, 25 Oct. 2017
• The batter didn’t complain, but the Worcester crowd moaned.
  — Jimmy Golen, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2023
• Weird moans and howls come from dark corners, damp sponges and hair nets hung from the ceiling touch his face. . .
  — Gillian Brockell, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Oct. 2019
• The wounded moaned at the water’s edge, and the bodies of the dead moved gently with the tide or were frozen in stillness there on the rocky shelf.
  — Washington Post, 4 June 2019
• Middle-seat passengers will weep and moan; the hump is large and the center seat tall.
  — Scott Sturgis, Philly.com, 4 Aug. 2017
• If the cinnamon pecan roll cake is there, prepare to moan.
  — Liz Biro, Indianapolis Star, 12 Feb. 2018
• Of course, critics moaned, Carter would put solar panels on the White House.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2023
• The wind moaned and shuddered, an eerie Halloween gale that seemed about three weeks too early.
  — Time, 19 Oct. 2017
• The woman with the broken leg was on the floor of the boat, and Bryan recalled hearing moans every time the vessel hit a wave.
  — Caleb Jones, The Seattle Times, 24 July 2018
• One man moans after an instructor yanks him by the ankles back down the hill.
  — USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2024
• The unborn do not appear to be moaning at us from the void, petitioning to be let into life.
  — Elizabeth Barber, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024