groan

How To Use groan In A Sentence

• Present receivings and comforts are consistent with a great many groans; not as the pangs of one dying, but as the throes of a woman in travail -- groans that are symptoms of life, not of death. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)
• As he fell and rolled on the ground he moaned and groaned.
• As I watched him, he groaned and tried to raise his hands to his face; the chain from his wrist to his ankle manacles stopped him.
• Every evergreen bough groaned with half a foot of snow; the streets and sidewalks had disappeared.
• Its massive back pushed up against the ceiling; the wooden timbers groaned and dust sifted down, making Rafe cough.
• S'sahr barked an order and there were groans, but the troopers spread out keeping eyes open for any traces or tracks.
• He groaned, and felt the bulkhead, slowly coming to his knees, and standing, trying to orient himself to his position on ‘B’ deck.
• [_CATTY sighs and groans, striking the back of one hand reiteratedly into the palm of the other -- rises -- beats the devil's tattoo as she stands -- then claps her hands again. Tales and Novels — Volume 08
• She swallowed a humph, then nearly groaned aloud when, clapping her hands, Lady Hightham urged them to gather around for some music. ON A WICKED DAWN
• But the great-hearted Odysseus he found not within; for he sat weeping on the shore, racking his soul with tears and groans and griefs, and he would look over the unresting sea, shedding tears.