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
I can snarkily compare it to the mumps, and groan all I want about civilization’s decline, but come on.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026
There’s an extended squeamish groan when, having seized and fired a boiling gun, it doesn’t occur to him to drop it.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2025
It's probably because he only just made the class photo by the skin of his teeth, arriving late to the event to an affectionate collective groan followed by cheers from his fellow nominees.
From BBC • Feb. 26, 2025
Ralph awoke much later when the clock began to grind and groan and slowly, as if in pain, strike eleven, the safe hour for mice to appear.
From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary
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Excerpt from "A Raisin in the Sun"
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