I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
moaning and groaning
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I’m tired of him moaning and groaning all the time.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
about
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Problem people Problem people are the ones managers moan about .
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How can he be gone when there is still so much to moan about ?
softly
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Or him who said he heard the horn, moaning softly like an alarm clock under an eiderdown?
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Then the red mists cleared and she sank to her knees, picking up the pieces, moaning softly .
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Jinju, Jinju, Gao Ma moaned softly , how do you stand it all?
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She moaned softly as he caressed her and again Martin growled.
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Then Father clutched his head and moaned softly .
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No other sound followed - until Gran raised her hands to her cheeks and began to moan softly .
■ NOUN
wind
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He stared at the ice-covered ground and half listened to the cold wind moaning gently amongst the trees.
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A sudden wind moaned around the little stone building, rattling the windows.
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The wind begins to moan ghoulishly between their blistered tubular legs.
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Miguel sped down Westchester Avenue, the wind moaning against the windows.
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He could hear the wind moaning through the house.
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The wind moaned through the shattered glass in the window.
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The wind was moaning more strongly now, and there was a sense of something powerful and irresistible drawing nearer.
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The winds howled and moaned without letup.
■ VERB
begin
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The wind begins to moan ghoulishly between their blistered tubular legs.
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She began to sob and moan .
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She began to moan aloud with uncontrolled excitement.
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He begins to moan quietly, but it is not a distressing noise.
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No other sound followed - until Gran raised her hands to her cheeks and began to moan softly.
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I got told off by the ref - I was a bit wild then - and Ian began moaning as though he was crying.
hear
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Or him who said he heard the horn, moaning softly like an alarm clock under an eiderdown?
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I could hear Hilda moaning , then the grunts, laughter and jeering of the soldiers.
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He could hear the wind moaning through the house.
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I watch myself bleed, hear myself moan .
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He heard himself moan , and felt with his hands: bedclothes.
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As we camped next to the ice, we could hear it creaking and moaning long into the night.
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She heard him moan , low in his throat, a sound somewhere between pain and delight.
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You could hear them moaning back in the rear area.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"But, Mom, there's nothing to do here," moaned Josh.
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I'm fed up with hearing you moaning the whole time!
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I lay in bed, moaning in pain.
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Why do people always moan about the weather?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He begins to moan quietly, but it is not a distressing noise.
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He was moaning and groaning from the enormous weight of it.
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One night I moaned to Jasper about the shaved ice and about how sick to death I was of paper cups.
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She moaned and ran out of the room, slamming the door behind her.
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Sorry to moan , but we trusted you to write the truth.
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Waziri moaned through the gag, spittle and blood running from the side of his mouth.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
low
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The water was just right, slid over his skin as he gave out a long low satisfied moan into the steam.
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When the screaming subsided into low , tentative moans , the commander gave orders to torch the remains of the hospital.
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Their whispering and low moans echoed around the empty flat, like ghosts that danced on the ceiling with their shadows.
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She was about to turn around, when she heard a low moan .
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He gave a low moan of despair.
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There was a sudden hush, and then a low , wondrous moan rippled through the crowd.
■ VERB
give
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Zach gave a long ghostly moan and raised his hands.
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He gave a loud moan and with a sudden retch, vomited all over the floor.
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He gave a low moan of despair.
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Madge gave a little moan and opened her arms to Lily.
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She gave a little moan of private enjoyment and reluctantly slid her hands up to his face.
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She gave little moans of pleasure and Harry felt the quick, fierce response of his body.
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And then he gave a small moan and the last vestiges of restraint were gone.
hear
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Buildings were in flames and I could hear the screams and moans of the trapped and injured.
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I hear moans , shrieks, rumbling, and clatter.
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When you hear the moan of the rowlocks, do you urge him on like a cox?
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She was about to turn around, when she heard a low moan .
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Tentatively, her lips returned the brush of his, and she heard a moan deep in his throat.
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The diarist thought he heard a feeble moan from the other side.
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Ben heard a moan behind him and turned.
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It is possible to hear faint moans , as if muffled and some way distant, however.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The announcement drew moans from the 150 people at Wednesday's meeting.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A high-pitched moan of machinery and the sound of rushing air filled the structure, loud enough to make conversation difficult.
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He again apologises, this time for his long moan , and asks advice.
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Her moans of pleasure somehow don't ring true.
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The water was just right, slid over his skin as he gave out a long low satisfied moan into the steam.
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This time, though, her moan was more of a squeal.