moan

Preposition: about

• lack: I have been moaning about the lack of rain for years.
• weather: The trouble is that we always moan about the weather.
• fact: Max is moaning about the fact that public opinion is against this strike and so are nearly all the newspapers.

Object

• minnie: Don't want to come across as a moaning minnie but that's a rather large number of Fringe blogs isn't it?
• minnies: Why don't you moaning minnies talk about the good points of the game, such as.. .
• git: They may be right about Leeds Utd being moaning gits, but the deal and all parties have not acted pleasantly.
• cry: They may refuse feeds or vomit or they may be distressed and make a shrill or moaning cry when you pick them up.
• noise: My boyfriend started to make a low moaning noise, like he was in the early stages of labor.
• wind: It is suddenly chilly, as both Emma and Susan experience the moaning wind.

Adjective modifier

• slight: There were gasps and slight moans from the eight against the wall, and this perturbed our captor.
• low: She uttered a low moan, and opened her eyes.

Modifying Another Word

• softly: He put both hands to his chest and moaned softly, leaning against the great box as he did so.
• loudly: A bit later they had to turn her over and she moaned loudly in agony.
• about: Stop looking fo r things to moan about, the season starts soon!
• constantly: The third member of the team is their Grandad, an indolent, scruffy man constantly moaning about his lot in life.
• no: There should be no moaning about edge enhancement this time around either, as I couldn't spot any.
• always: The trouble is that we always moan about the weather.

Used with why or when

when: And the people, kids as well, would cheer when the green was ahead, and moan when vise versa.

Preposition: in

pain: The bad guys will moan in pain: " The child smiled.

Preposition: of

wind: He began the ceremony, and his low, tremulous voice could scarcely be heard through the moaning of the wind amid the tombs.