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

“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

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

Belet's groan was louder than Zack's had been.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

If this were a sitcom— and it feels like a bad one — we would now hear a laugh track followed by groans.

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026

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

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

There'll be groans from Merseyside as Steven Gerrard's name is read out, cheers in north London as they know what's coming up.

From BBC ● May 15, 2026

He paused again, as if he were speaking to everyone in the school’s auditorium and leaving time for the groans and jeers.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

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

In 2017, when he asked if Tesla would use SpaceX tech in its vehicles, Musk groaned.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026

He groaned and put his head in his hands.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly

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

Why are the patrons, transfixed by curious gladiating on a screen, screaming with delight one minute and groaning miserably the next?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 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

Jack stretched, then pushed himself to his feet, groaning again as he did.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley