groaning

Example Sentences

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They eliminate the so-called “permanent chassis requirement,” which builders have been groaning about for years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026

The story all of your favorite journalists are groaning over.

From Slate • Dec. 5, 2025

Upon hearing the words, “Mom’s not coming back anymore,” Isaac, Israel and Afrika are hysterical, groaning and crying while falling to the ground.

From Salon • Oct. 21, 2025

While she slept on the couch the house felt still, except for the groaning of its walls.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2025

European newspapers, letters from earlier immigrants, and advertisements from steamship companies were filled with accounts of tables groaning with food in a country where everyone could get rich.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler