groan
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At the university, shelves groan with jagged pieces of spines, necks and legs that to an untrained eye resemble battered stones.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
Dunham’s haters then are just as likely to groan upon a rewatch.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
“Otherwise, you sit there and moan and groan and don’t vote. They’re going to do what they want,” David Goodman said.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
"But they also need to be poor jokes, jokes that make us groan," Prof Wiseman adds.
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2025
He tried to say something, struggled to rise, then fell back with a groan.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
I down three iced lattes daily, a habit I refuse to break even as my bank account groans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
But even here, the long arm of the crisis is visible, with the TV reception periodically freezing, triggering loud groans from supporters clad in the yellow Brazilian jerseys of stars Vinicius Junior, Neymar and others.
From Barron's ● Jun. 14, 2026
Were those chuckles overpowered by groans and eye rolls?
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026
Still, the night had enough laughs, groans and tender moments to keep things interesting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
When I returned to the shelter, Katz was up, moving slowly and going through his morning groans, and Jim was studying his maps, which were vastly better than mine.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
As the lights suddenly turned off across Havana, residents who were sat outside to get some respite from the summer heat audibly groaned en masse.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
His friends groaned and tried to shush him; he waved them off.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2026
The door groaned open, and out crawled Ernesto, blinking into the warm Southern California air.
From Slate ● Jan. 27, 2026
In 2017, when he asked if Tesla would use SpaceX tech in its vehicles, Musk groaned.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
The rickety little building groaned and shuddered, and Owen and George threw their hands out to steady themselves.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
But the groaning synthesizer underneath her bashful smile tells you something is off — a crystalline tone now distended, unnerving.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
For ninety minutes at least, supporters and critics found themselves watching the same screen, celebrating the same attacks and groaning at the same missed opportunities.
From Barron's ● Jun. 21, 2026
I’m not sure it’s a hard rule, but it feels like one when considering the silly groaning over defending champion and freshly-crowned back-to-back NBA MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026
Upon hearing the words, “Mom’s not coming back anymore,” Isaac, Israel and Afrika are hysterical, groaning and crying while falling to the ground.
From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2025
Sniffing, groaning, shaking his head, Gwystyl with great reluctance heaved the doorway open to its full width.
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
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