How to Use groan in a Sentence

groan

verb
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  • When Rose moves away, Wilmot groans and bunches up her face.
    — Amanda Shapiro, Bon Appetit, 1 Mar. 2018
  • Russell groaned and wiped off the black ash with an even filthier cloth.
    — Dylan McDermott, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2018
  • The moon stared over the groaning planet and that pasture.
    — Peter Balakian, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
  • And with the top up, there’s the occasional creak and groan.
    — Steve Siler, Car and Driver, 16 Feb. 2018
  • The crowd roared and groaned in unison, celebrating his awkward love of its team.
    — Al Saracevic, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Dec. 2017
  • As trainers rushed to Canaan, the crowd groaned and some of his shocked teammates covered their eyes or looked away.
    — USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2018
  • But joyless, the band, once able to swivel and wave and strum with ease, groaned hydraulically.
    — Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com, 9 Feb. 2018
  • Chad’s woes recall an earlier era, when African economies groaned beneath unpayable debts.
    — The Economist, 8 Mar. 2018
  • The audience in the courtroom gallery gasped and groaned upon hearing some of the doctor's comments.
    — CBS News, 25 Jan. 2018
  • The groaning water heater that Mac intends to repair adds an ominous bass note to the sense of looming calamity.
    — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The taciturn locals still flock to Meridy's cafe, where the buffet still groans under the weight of home-fried chicken, ham and beans, and corn bread.
    — David Von Drehle | Opinion, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Feb. 2018
  • One of the reasons Democrats groaned was his habit of falsely describing the program and allying it with terrorists.
    — Lisa Mascaro, latimes.com, 31 Jan. 2018
  • The Bloodhound project is an enterprise groaning under the weight of seeming impossibilities.
    — A-LIST, 24 Dec. 2017
  • The crowd groaned after the first three short shots went in the water.
    — Tod Leonard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 5 Apr. 2018
  • The page almost groans under the dead weight of that pun.
    — Washington Post, 11 June 2019
  • Winslow couldn’t help but groan when told Nurkic had let the bear out of the bag.
    — oregonlive, 22 Feb. 2022
  • Instead the ball dribbled into the middle of the net, and the crowd groaned.
    — Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 9 June 2018
  • No one likes to be booed, no one likes to be groaned at, no one likes to be laughed at.
    — Michael Schneider, chicagotribune.com, 27 June 2019
  • Turn a crank and the man groaned and waved one arm over his mouth while the animal growled.
    — Ron Charles, Washington Post, 6 June 2023
  • And the girls were screeching, the teachers were groaning.
    — Ed Masley, azcentral, 12 Dec. 2019
  • The ball ricocheted off the top bar and Viola groaned, along with the rest of the crowd.
    — Elena Weissmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 June 2018
  • Beneath the shrine, men grinned and groaned and heaved; the gravel at their feet grew dark with sweat.
    — Neil Shea, National Geographic, 12 June 2019
  • As members of the Suns’ training staff rushed to Canaan, the crowd groaned in horror.
    — Scott Bordow, azcentral, 28 Mar. 2018
  • The crowd groaned as Springsteen, 73, lay on his back for a few seconds.
    — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2023
  • The 52-year-old actor can be heard groaning in pain in the background.
    — Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2023
  • While so much of Italy groans under the weight of mass tourism, in Molise a little of the spillover would go a long way.
    — Maria Russo, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2019
  • Take Italy, where banks are still groaning under the weight of bad loans.
    — Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2019
  • Afraid, Jonasson closed her eyes and heard Diesel groaning, per the suit.
    — Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Yet, the ball bounced off Burton’s hands and the crowd audibly groaned.
    — Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 22 Apr. 2023
  • The bags groan with possessions: too many for the bags, not nearly enough for a life.
    — Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2021

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