groaning

Example Sentences

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Why are the patrons, transfixed by curious gladiating on a screen, screaming with delight one minute and groaning miserably the next?

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 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

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

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