groan

Example Sentences

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And as the door clicked shut, I pushed the fireplace poker off the bed and pulled the lace pillow over my head with a groan.

From Literature

The Galen Center crowd groaned, seemingly knowing what was coming next.

From Los Angeles Times

When he first started his job, Caldeira spent time in return queues at stores groaning at the many customers who held up the lines in a confusion of QR codes and labels.

From The Wall Street Journal

Tom has reached an age when he can no longer get around the house without an accompaniment of creaks and groans and thuds.

From The Wall Street Journal

Then I groaned some more and while I didn’t need an encore, I left the theater humming.

From Los Angeles Times