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

When Australia's Lucas Herbert missed a five-foot par putt on the last, there was a grimace from him and a groan from the galleries.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

“If you say so,” she says in a singsong voice, and I groan.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

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

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

Were those chuckles overpowered by groans and eye rolls?

From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026

All around, he heard weird creaks and echoing groans: the ice river murmuring in its sleep.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

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

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026

Some investors privately groaned over what they saw as a frustrating lack of disclosure from the company for such a monumental decision.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 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

The children all groaned and asked if they could play cards tomorrow and in a few minutes all the Thomases had gone to bed and it was QUIET-QUIET-QUIET for the first time since I’d arrived.

From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney

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

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

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

Behind her, Hazel heard Annabeth stirring, groaning in pain.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan