- present participle of groan.
groaning
Example Sentences
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The trees should be groaning with fruit, she tells me, but "we might get 10% of our normal crop here, and that's generous".
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
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
The kitchen sinks aren’t working, and the plumbing is simultaneously screeching and groaning.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 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
A few minutes later he had gotten the TV set upstairs; his fingers groaning, he placed it on a coffee table in his living room.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
