groaning

Example Sentences

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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

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 • Dec. 31, 2025

The story all of your favorite journalists are groaning over.

From Slate • Dec. 5, 2025

This house was old, like pre-Revolutionary War old, and so as I followed her through the many rooms and up the tight, groaning staircase to my room, both B’s head and mine brushed the ceiling.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2025

Everyone in the cabin heard it—the far-off creaking and groaning, the boom of the lake ice.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich