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

Dunham’s haters then are just as likely to groan upon a rewatch.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 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

The final sound the movie creates is a disappointed groan from the audience.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026

I also groan on the inside: my voice sounds like I’ve been breathing chalk dust.

From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone

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

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

Still, the night had enough laughs, groans and tender moments to keep things interesting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026

For this I know—he cannot be saved, I have, indeed, tried to tell myself that he will be, but at noon this pretence breaks down and melts before his groans.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

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

His friends groaned and tried to shush him; he waved them off.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2026

The door groaned open, and out crawled Ernesto, blinking into the warm Southern California air.

From Slate ● Jan. 27, 2026

“Man oh man, this is bowling-shoe ugly,” groaned Mauro Ranallo, the Netflix announcer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 20, 2025

He fumbled for his food pouch -and groaned in disgust.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

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

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

In the title role, here not a Greek king but a politician seeking election, Mr. Strong was so forceful you could practically hear the stage groaning with each step he took.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 26, 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