Thesaurus / groan
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So if you get into this puritan mode that to survive we’re all going to have to shelter in place forever, it’s a groan from everybody.
"YOU NEED TO USE HOPE LIKE A CLUB TO BEAT YOUR OPPONENT." KIM STANLEY ROBINSON ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND FICTIONARYN BAKERSEPTEMBER 8, 2021TIMENocturnal grunts, gasps, and groans harmonized to sounds of crashing waves.
PARADISE LOST: REMEMBERING THE POPULAR REHOBOTH MEN’S GUEST HOUSEJAMES SEARSSEPTEMBER 2, 2021WASHINGTON BLADEMention “virtual class” and you can almost hear a collective groan reverberate through the internet.
HOW MASTERCLASS BECAME THE STYLE-MASTER OF MOOCSANNE QUITOJUNE 5, 2021QUARTZThe next moment a pistol was fired at their head, and a deep groan shewed it had taken too true an aim.
THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTERWith a groan, wrung from the very depths of his heart, he tossed the man a gold-piece; another to the woman.
RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSONTom sat down as he said this, and, uttering a sort of groan, leaned his back against a tree.
HUNTING THE LIONSR.M. BALLANTYNEWith a groan and a curse the guerrilla chieftain yielded himself a prisoner.
THE COURIER OF THE OZARKSBYRON A. DUNNYou must imagine this sound as something between a grunt and a groan, that the estimable lady gave vent to whenever put out.
ELSTER'S FOLLYMRS. HENRY WOODShe caught her underlip between two rows of white teeth to quell the groan of helplessness.
THE ADVENTURE GIRLS AT K BAR OCLAIR BLANKEven when the Red Cross men and women carried out the injured, Isabel did not hear a groan.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTONWORDS RELATED TO GROAN
- acclamation
- barks
- bawls
- bays
- bellows
- cackles
- calls
- caws
- chatter
- cheers
- clacks
- clamors
- clucks
- coos
- crows
- ejaculations
- exclamations
- expletives
- fuss
- gobbles
- groans
- grunts
- hisses
- hollers
- hoots
- howls
- hullabaloos
- hurrahs
- meows
- mewlings
- moos
- mottoes
- nickers
- notes
- outcries
- pipes
- quacks
- reports
- roars
- ruckuses
- screams
- screeches
- shouts
- shrieks
- songs
- squalls
- squawks
- squeaks
- trills
- uproar
- vociferations
- wails
- whines
- whinnies
- whistles
- whoops
- yammers
- yawps
- yells
- yelps
- yoo-hoos
- bawls
- bemoans
- bewails
- blubbers
- blubs
- boohoos
- breaks down
- bursts into tears
- caterwauls
- chokes up
- complains
- cracks up
- deplores
- dissolves in tears
- frets
- grieves
- groans
- howls
- keens
- laments
- let goes
- lets it all out
- mewls
- moans
- mourns
- puts on the weeps
- regrets
- rings the blues
- sheds bitter tears
- sheds tears
- sighs
- sniffs
- snivels
- sobs
- sorrows
- squalls
- turns on waterworks
- wails
- weeps
- whimpers
- whines
- yammers
- yowls
- acclamation
- bark
- bawl
- bay
- bellow
- cackle
- call
- caw
- chatter
- cheer
- clack
- clamor
- cluck
- coo
- crow
- ejaculation
- exclamation
- expletive
- fuss
- gobble
- groan
- grunt
- hiss
- holler
- hoot
- howl
- hullabaloo
- hurrah
- meow
- mewling
- moo
- motto
- nicker
- note
- outcry
- pipe
- quack
- report
- roar
- ruckus
- scream
- screech
- shout
- shriek
- song
- squall
- squawk
- squeak
- trill
- uproar
- vociferation
- wail
- whine
- whinny
- whistle
- whoop
- yammer
- yawp
- yell
- yelp
- yoo-hoo
- bawl
- bemoan
- bewail
- blub
- blubber
- boohoo
- break down
- burst into tears
- caterwaul
- choke up
- complain
- deplore
- dissolve in tears
- fret
- grieve
- groan
- howl
- keen
- lament
- let go
- let it all out
- mewl
- moan
- mourn
- put on the weeps
- regret
- ring the blues
- shed bitter tears
- shed tears
- sigh
- sniff
- snivel
- sob
- sorrow
- squall
- turn on waterworks
- wail
- weep
- whimper
- whine
- yammer
- yowl
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