groan
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“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
The choice brought a collective groan from much of the fan base.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2026
Slowly, “Undertone” reveals itself to be all style and very little substance, with enough baffling character choices to make you groan.
From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2026
The final sound the movie creates is a disappointed groan from the audience.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
Darkness, the sepulchral silence down below, and the groan of hooves and steam-powered machinery from the levels far above.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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
A second big speech toward the end will almost certainly get groans that are as much our fault as his.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
Someone must have lost the Xbox gunfight because there's a series of angry groans near the television.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
All around this one personal tragedy are the sights and smells of many others from that moment Wednesday evening when the earth abruptly groaned and rumbled with quakes measuring 7.2 and 7.5, in rapid succession.
From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026
The PGA Tour groaned about fighting an asymmetrical war against a rival with a bottomless wallet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
The door groaned open, and out crawled Ernesto, blinking into the warm Southern California air.
From Slate ● Jan. 27, 2026
“They’d cost a lot of money now!” he groaned.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2025
They groaned from the tremendous effort, but together, they slowly muscled the massive thing into position, and aimed it directly at the mining robot.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
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
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
The two children watched as the men chased after Nathan’s boat, Marco groaning and writhing in the back.
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
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