groan
Example Sentences
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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
Of course it is, we all groan together, happily.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025
I used to groan when it was my turn to be the meeting note-taker in a previous job.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 26, 2025
A duff pass from Tommy Freeman drew the first groan from the stands inside 30 seconds.
From BBC • Mar. 9, 2025
I did not, however, manage to do the same to my exasperated groan, and of course old Treebaun heard it.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.