groan

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

Ibrox contorted itself as the goalkeeper performed heroics and then the place let out a guttural groan as Hatate made it third time lucky.

From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2026

“And now I have to go to PE,” I groan.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée

As they watched themselves warbling, a camera captured the full array of their facial expressions—moans, groans and self-conscious laughter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Her husband, she said, initially dismissed her groans as noises made by a stray cat, but then he grew suspicious and tried to check.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 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

For this I know—he cannot be saved, I have, indeed, tried to tell myself that he will be, but at noon this pretence breaks down and melts before his groans.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

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

I groaned as strumming Spanish guitars played underneath a cheerful introduction welcoming me to the “Jewel of the Missions” — a slogan that boosters coined decades ago.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026

The door groaned open, and out crawled Ernesto, blinking into the warm Southern California air.

From Slate ● Jan. 27, 2026

“Man oh man, this is bowling-shoe ugly,” groaned Mauro Ranallo, the Netflix announcer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 20, 2025

He wheezed and he groaned and he grunted, but he finally made it.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

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

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

Anyway, before we could respond, he gestured at a TV mounted on the wall, level with the highest shelves groaning with organic kibble and handmade toys, and sang out, “Because there he is!”

From Salon ● May 2, 2026

In the title role, here not a Greek king but a politician seeking election, Mr. Strong was so forceful you could practically hear the stage groaning with each step he took.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 26, 2025

After a few tries, he finally gets the engine started and we head down the driveway, the chassis squeaking and groaning.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina