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

"But they also need to be poor jokes, jokes that make us groan," Prof Wiseman adds.

From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2025

I let the money spill through my fingers as I emitted the low and mournful groan that I’d been rehearsing.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

Wanting to be positive in possession and play forward, he had no options, nowhere to go but back, which drew groans of derision.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

“Well, what exactly are you talking about, Whoopi?” he answered, generating groans from the studio’s audience.

From Salon ● Jun. 18, 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

As a man with a booming voice who gave his name only as Sheriff slammed down a piece to the groans of other players, artillery crackled in the distance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

When the machine started winding down, making funny groans and whines, we all three laughed like children.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

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

Some of the damaged buildings groaned with each new rumble of the earth, as Venezuela endured more aftershocks.

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 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

“Oh no,” Clare groaned, dropping his head into his paws.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

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

Fast forward nine years, and we find rising negative sentiment among American voters, groaning under the weight of credit card debt and a cascade of junk fees from other industries.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 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

The groaning stopped when the bin was level with the trailer.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover