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.
A moment later, the dead boy's chest heaved in a last agonal gasp, a deep groan shuddering his body, his bed, my soul. Titrate until comfortable
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I groaned, realising that although I was dog-tired, I couldn't get back to sleep.
Distant creaks and groans echoed eerily along the dark corridors.
She groaned out loud in protest.
He heard footsteps approaching, and drove his spurs so fiercely into the roan as to force a surprised groan from the animal as it leaped forward. War
Normally, I'd have groaned and complained about him touching me, but I didn't say anything.
He went about his work, unheedful of the jests, ungalled by his irons, unmindful of the groans and laughter about him.
I groaned in pure bliss, feeling the countless muscles that cramped when I slept in the Shadow Hall start to relax.
Some senseless piece of this place be; Make me a mandrake, so I may groan here, THE CALLIGRAPHER
The cart groaned under the weight of the piano.
If Kerry had had his way, the Soviet Union and the nations behind the Iron Curtain would still be in place - groaning under inefficient, totalitarian Communist regimes.
It was groaning and squealing, and making an awful racket.
The animal, being unable to advance, was lifting his legs up and down (doing the _piaffer_), and sighing and groaning in agony. The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed.
Initially it seems that the ship is grounded as solidly as a breakwater, but after a while the creaks and groans are evidence of movement, however slight this may be.
There were scattered groans from the Petrocchis, and cheers, not quite certain and even more scattered, from the Montanas. THE MAGICIANS OF CAPRONA
As Paul says, all creation groans in anguished anticipation of the day when God's glory will transfigure all things. Medpundit
Alex shrugged as she dug out a small chunk and stuck it in her mouth and groaned in heartfelt appreciation.
The American lets out a groan of despair as he mis-hits a backhand at 30-15 down.
We had a trestle table positively groaning with gifts to unload, so it wasn't a quick process.
Slowly, he opened his eyes. As he did so, he began to groan with pain.
She groaned and stood up, staggering a bit as sleep continued to fog her brain.
If not for you, I must be shivering in the despair and fear, groaning painfully. But for you, every day I will dream the most beautiful apart. Becoz u use your whole life to love me, and I feel free. My life seems to leave me like the sand flowing. I can hear that, but I can still smile only as long as I see you sleeping by my side.
And everything, one may say, was at his beck and call, and even those in authority hindered him in nothing, and the archimandrite thanked him for his zeal: he gave freely of his substance to the monastery, and when the fit came upon him he sighed and groaned over his soul and was troubled not a little over the life to come. A Raw Youth
Then in the next instant she groaned inwardly, cursing her wayward thoughts.
I remember the Sunday afternoon teas at my grandparents' house as a child, the table groaning with various cakes and biscuits.
The drone is the idea of sound underneath the appearances, the dark emptiness that groans out of the fault, the opening, that the poet, now the mature, oracular Nobel Laureate, approaches with his caduceus.
The singer whines and groans his way through every song.
The ship made a groaning sound in its death throes. The Sun
It had been making these pained groaning sounds for a week or so now, but seemed to be responding to the well-placed kicks and turn-it-off-then-turn-it-on-again fixit method that I apply to all electronics.
I've groaned through leaders' speeches tight with tearjerking vacuities, faux-human anecdotage and coy phrasemaking. Times, Sunday Times
From most silly novels we can at least extract a laugh; but those of the modern-antique school have a ponderous, a leaden kind of fatuity, under which we groan. The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete
Have you ever been in the middle of a weight workout and groaned, ‘This is killing me!’
He stifled a groan and touched her cheek, soft and flushed with sleep.
'Jesu,' he groaned and, feeling utterly wretched, pressed his forehead against the cold stone of the merlon. The Falcons of Montabard
The entire area was plunged into total darkness again, to audible groans.
They often sound like deep groans of despair. Times, Sunday Times
Tom groaned incoherently, having still not recovered from the powerful blow that he'd received.
As autumn approaches, vegetable gardens throughout the state are groaning with abundant supplies of zucchini and fresh corn.
I'm a total sucker for inspired silliness and non-stop, groan-worthy double entendres and barmily burgeoning plots.
Singers and non-singers alike, including shouters, groaners, moaners and squealers, can all join in.
He took her bag from her, groaning slightly under the weight.
They need to be controlled, irrespective of the moans and groans from those motorists who want to drive where they want at the speed they want.
When they came here they were all moaning and groaning at what we were doing. The Sun
Prestimion chuckled at the sound of Gialaurys's uncouth heavy basso groaning along beneath the others nearby. LORD PRESTIMION
Now supermarket shelves groan under Mexican tacos, Japanese miso soup powder and Italian pasta.
Why do the vast tribes of India, deceived and enslaved by the bonzes, trampled upon by the descendant of a Tartar, bowed down by labor, groaning in misery, assailed by diseases, and a mark for all the scourges and plagues of life, still fondly cling to that life? A Philosophical Dictionary
Now my shelves groan under the weight of vinyl and CDs which remain unheard and unloved.
Why should the prospect of another remake prompt groans and feelings of weariness?
Grumpy old codgers such as Will Self and Bob Geldof have been moaning and groaning on prime-time TV about what really gets their goat.
The door creaked and groaned in protest as she slowly pushed it open.
The gags are delivered to rapid fire, so you're only half way through groaning at one before the next has made you smile. The Sun
Looks of despair flashed across all of their faces, but to their credit they were too polite to outwardly groan.
Since the minute the goudou-goudou the onomatopoeic name locals give to the earthquake made the ground shake and groan, more than 230,000 people have died and about 1.5 million have lost their homes in Port-au-Prince and the nearby cities of Léogâne, Jacmel and Petit-Goâve. Haiti earthquake charities blamed as scars fail to heal
The stairs creaked and groaned and rattled in protest.
Moans and groans from the wounded reached his ears and filled him with the deepest sorrow.
The ancient floorboards overhead creaked and groaned. Ominous
Or they make up their own dives on the spot, sometimes while in midair -- improvisation that frequently leads to the kind of painful bellyflop that causes spectators to groan with a combination of sympathy and mirth
Groaning, I could only squirm as more winds of biting cold nipped at my body.
Danielle groans with frustration and sinks down into the welcoming pillows of her bed.
It was not merely the earthquake at Chiloe, the Galapagos hummingbirds, it was five years hurling over the side of the ship and groaning ‘oh God!’ with no result. Science
Groan out a sad story.
When the draw was made it was met by a few moans and groans from the lads.
At this moment, the stranger who had put the coachman and groom right about the word valetudinarian, rose from the seat he had occupied in the corner of the room, and uttering a deep, hollow groan, walked towards the door. Varney the vampire; or, The feast of blood. Volume 3
He removed his boots and eased his burning feet into the cool water, groaning with pleasure as the water moved up over his ankles.
Christmas cards often show tables groaning with such fare, along with the robins and snow, but increasingly we can see pohutakawa and pukeko alongside the traditional images.
Then the Greeks they groaned and quivered, And they knelt, and moaned, and shivered, As the plunging waters met them, And splashed and overset them; And they call in their emergence Upon countless saints and virgins; And their marrowbones are bended, And they think the world is ended. Notes of a Journey From Cornhill to Grand Cairo
It is about wanting to be the sort of person who has a cloakroom groaning with wellington boots and children's oilskins, even if you last went for a walk 10 years ago.
As we concrete our cites and place drains to deliver the water straight into our rivers then Britain will continue to be flooded and endless moans and groans will do nothing about it.
If it had happened to me, I think I would have needed at least a week off work and there would have been plenty of moaning and groaning.
Whenever anyone yelled the magic "bingo," people groaned and just about threw their daubers around the room.
As he moved upon her, the mutual warmth as their thighs made contact caused them to groan in ecstasy.
Summer is the time when local fields are groaning with fresh strawberries and visitors can munch their way around the strawberry patches.
I grumbled and groaned all the way to the door, then opened it.
Distant creaks and groans echoed eerily along dark corridors and seemed to expand into the circular chamber.
Then raise loud groans and go backward as you descend. Christianity Today
There she found the wax-candles lighted and the Princess Hayat al-Nufus seated and awaiting her; whereupon she bethought her of her husband and what had betided them both of sorrow and severance in so short a space; she wept and sighed and groaned groan upon groan, and began improvising these couplets, The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
All of which makes, of course, for a heady mix: the world groaning into wakefulness, the ice splitting, the tubers stirring, and the whole cosmic rhythm incorporated into a scene of priests solemnifying the return of the light of the world. BREAKFAST WITH SOCRATES
The chair gave a groan when fat woman sat down.
Then it forgot its manners utterly and groaned when it made out that a sudden splash represented its favourite, while the indomitable Darrell still trod the quarter-deck as champion birler for the year. Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life
A major inquiry has been launched at Catterick Garrison by the military police after the victim was left groaning in agony. The Sun
We chunter through each day, grumbling, griping and groaning.
He groaned and repeated what he'd said, carefully enunciating every word.
Open-mouthed and stale-breathed, they greet the day with a groan.
Kei groaned as for the third time that morning his hand sleepily fumbled in an attempt to silence the irritating buzz of the battery alarm clock.
Both countries have generous social security arrangements and both economies are groaning under the weight of all of this.
Every year it surpasses itself with kitschness and when you see it listed on the television schedule, eyes invariably roll to heaven accompanied by moans and groans of distaste.
He let a low groan escape his lips.
I despised my father's groaning old balladeers.
He groaned, and almost dreamily began to murmur to himself, ‘You'll show her.’
And in a mixed gym it isn't polite to mention you hate to hear men grunting, sweating and groaning next to you.
Spartan boy who let a beast gnaw out his bowels till he died without expressing a groan, is a faint bodily image of this dilaceration of the spirit and exenteration of the inmost mind, which Calantha with English literary criticism
Some groan and cry aloud. Times, Sunday Times
Mr McGrath also feels the system is groaning under the massive demand for sex offender treatment programmes.
It was satirical, mawkish, groaningly punny - and incredibly funny. Times, Sunday Times
The table in the centre of the shop positively groans with the weight of olives and at weekends especially customers queue to relieve it of its burden.
She tried to pull his shirt away from the wound but he groaned in pain.
Callines leapt, his blunt sword ramming into the man's groin, and the warrior fell to the earth with a groan. Lion Of Macedon
Like a typical teen, Shyima Hall forgets to make her bed and groans when it's time to do her two chores—vacuuming the floor and cleaning the fishbowl.
… On the other hand, it must be obvious, that when Circe’s unfortunate animals are induced to worship chastity, all they see and _worship_ therein, is their opposite — oh! and with what tragic groaning and fervour, may well be imagined — that same painful and thoroughly superfluous opposition which, towards the end of his life, Richard Wagner undoubtedly wished to set to music and to put on the stage, _And to what purpose? The Case Of Wagner, Nietzsche Contra Wagner, and Selected Aphorisms.
And then there's food - glorious food - tables groaning with breads, pies, fruitcakes and dainty sweets wrapped with red and green ribbon.
The ancient, dusty floorboards groaned miserably as Jacob laboriously climbed off his mattress.
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Many of them were dying, and a German ambulanceman went among them, injecting them with morphine to ease the agony which made them writhe and groan. Now It Can Be Told
Here were no cackling old women, or groaning Methodists, such as infest our English churches, and scare one's ears with hoarse coughs accompanied by the naso obligato. Dreams Waking Thoughts and Incidents
There were the obligatory moans and groans from the entire class.
This was very baffling to his suit; but then these slumbers were accompanied by agreeable dreams, which completely inthralled the senses of the drowsy lover, so he continued to dream on, while all Granada scoffed at his infatuation, and groaned at the treasures lavished for a song. The Alhambra
Hans felt his head thrown forward, as his ears suffered the groaning of the hull, as the massive hulk of the ship came to one stop.
Hank got up with a groan and, feeling every one of his 46 years, he shrugged his suspenders back over his middle-age paunch.
The word prompted a roomful of groans and a handful of helicopter impersonations. California Dreaming
Cue for groans and muttered oaths from my neighbors, and that was before they'd stepped out on to Madison, where New York's finest were out in force, checking identities and blocking off half the streets of midtown.
His first groan brought Raven out of her contemplations abruptly.
See Citherera's biids, that milk-white pair On yonder leavy myrtle tree which groan. The works of the British poets : with prefaces, biographical and critical
Further shelves groan under the weight of documents pertaining to translation rights and international licensing. The Times Literary Supplement
'_Trembles Yggdrasil's ash yet standing; groans that ancient tree, and the Jotun Loki is loosed. CHAPTER 14
Some groan and cry aloud. Times, Sunday Times
Jeremy followed, dropping onto the elevator as Andy sat down to slide his legs down through the open hatch, and the groaning sound became a sharp twang.
At this confirmation of a sudden terror, imbibed from the ambiguous words of Halbert, and which his fond heart would not allow him to acknowledge to himself, Wallace covered his face with his hands and fell with a deep groan against the side of the cavern. The Scottish Chiefs
I groaned and threw my head to the side, regretting it immediately after.
As a teenager we lived in a large, rambling old house which creaked and groaned like an old man's knees.
We could hear the groans of the wounded soldiers.
I groaned because I was still dead tired and nothing he was saying was registering in my mind.
His blue eyes blacken and I watch aghast, as he buries his face in his hands with a barely stifled groan.
It warns us in advance when starving, flyblown African children are about to be pictured in their death throes as we tuck into tea-time plates groaning with fresh food.
Obviously ski gizmos such as walkie-talkies, radio locators and GPS thingies - I can almost hear the older brother (bless him) groan - will be rendered useless.
She groaned out loud in protest.
Instantly I groaned in agony and lifted my arm to block out the light.
"Yuck, " she groaned, and her siblings screeched with laughter.
The groans, impossible to repress, that issued through the lips of Ten Nights in a Bar Room
He sat down, groaning, drew on his cigar as though it were poisoned, and regarded me dyspeptically. Watershed
His wife took no notice of his cries and groans, for it was quite as agreeable to her to be the only speaker, and have her moaning husband a kind of assenting chorus. Old Fritz and the New Era
So what does he bring to the already groaning table? Times, Sunday Times
Without warning, another shot rings out, followed by a deep groan.
Wheel and deal for new players and finesse tactics until the trophy cabinet groans. Times, Sunday Times
I groaned internally as I recalled the plane ride where I had maladroitly gotten sick all over Ross.
Whenever the lad bespake him, he answered him kindly, trembling the while and would turn to him groaning and crying, and thus he did till supper was brought in, when he fell to eating, with his eyes on the boy but refrained not from shedding tears. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
Even his lungs are protesting the action of mere breathing, and he groans a little with each ragged breath.
On Penicuik being mentioned, we heard the foreign creature in the coal-house groaning out, "och," and "ochone," and "parbleu," and "Mysie The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith
My mom was walking around the kitchen, groaning and complaining about the weather when I made my way downstairs.
Jason's face turned an awesome shade of violet, almost like the large earrings I had chosen to wear today, and he emitted a low, pained groan.
The eerie wind began to sound like the wail of a banshee, the creaks and groans of the castle began to seem like footsteps stalking toward her.
This marble figure seems to flame and spiral up, surging, groaning like an earthquake, subsiding even as he rises.
There is no music beyond the sound of their buzzing, humming and groaning voices, amplified by microphones hanging over the stage. Times, Sunday Times
When the four captains walked out of the locker room still in red, there was a bit of a groan from the crowd. USATODAY.com - College Football - Auburn vs. Georgia
Pulling himself back up to his feet, Seraphine groaned as he held out a hand to Erian, aiding him in standing as well.
The City and Westminster used to groan under the weight of excess blubber. Times, Sunday Times
All around her, professional rugby players groan and gurn as they lift iron. Times, Sunday Times
They often sound like deep groans of despair. Times, Sunday Times
And when speech gave way to the rhythmic breathing and small cries or even angry groans that I never tired of overhearing?
Another Cuneo!" groaned Aunt Kathryn, at sight of the hotel in the steep little town of Desenzano, on Lake Garda; but later she apologized to the quaint courtyard for her misunderstanding, and was more than tolerant of her vast bedroom draped with yellow satin, and opening on an arboured terrace worthy even of a Countess Dalmar. My Friend the Chauffeur
There, I sat and waited, the room gently spinning, my sinuses groaning, my throat complaining, my heart beating at mousepace.
The beauty of this aspect to Aphex is that he always remembers to shove a melody in there, even if it's hidden beneath layers of tinfoil hammered percussion and walls of groaning sequencers.
The bar counter groans under the weight of huge plates of the freshest fish.
She groaned at the memory, suffering all over again the excruciating embarrassment of those moments.
The floors seemed uneven and walking around in the room caused the walls to creak and groan.
They were shamefully treated; and it is recorded that the Oxford scholars hissed and howled and groaned, and misconducted themselves in an anything but a scholarly way. A Child's History of England
Some were crying, some laughing aloud some groaning and howling and some holding forth in fancied exhortations. The Hidden Hand
One of the men heard a thud, then a groan and another thud. Times, Sunday Times
If you have the need to groan and moan with one another. .do it elsewhere so we who are doing our homework do NOT HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE LOUD RADIO some idiot nextdoor is using to play music we hate anyhow in the background while trying to findout what happened to the initial thread! Cost of living in Guanajuato or San Miguel
After the long, corrupt reign of an old debauched Prince, whose vices were degrading to himself and to a nation groaning under the lash of prostitution and caprice, the most cheering changes were expected from the known exemplariness of his successor and the amiableness of his consort. Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete
He stretched his bow, loosed the arrow, and was rewarded by a gasp and a groan strangely commingled. CHAPTER XVIII
When you get tired you get really vocal, and loud...just kind of oohing and ahhing, and groaning. Archive 2006-08-01
It was a weird old house, full of creaks and groans.
These improved weapons will inevitably demand the rearmament of the armies of Germany, Austria, Italy, France, and Russia, at an estimated cost of not less than $754,000,000, a sum which will tax the wits of the parliaments to wring from the groaning workers. The Impossibility of War
Kissing it, she heard another groan and a sharp intake of breath.
Not surprisingly, perhaps, his appointment was greeted with jeers, groans and moans.
Blowin '!" groaned one, as if that single word comprehended the essence of all the miseries that seafaring man is heir to. The Lighthouse
Yet, despite the moans and groans, few people would ultimately argue against the need for employment rights.
Last week I saw Chris Addison at the Bloomsbury, and having only seen a ten minute set from him before and Lab Rats, which still frazzles my brain by being awful and entertaining and charming and groan-inducing all at the same time I was really interested to see how a full show would work. Archive 2009-04-01
Rian groaned, pulling on a pair of shoes that used to belong to a previous occupant of the room.
I groan softly and tremor the muscles in my legs, trying to find a way to make them more comfortable without exposing them to the cold.
A loud parp and subdued groan from a cubicle to my left highlighted the need for such smothering background noises.
She groaned aloud in pleasure when his kisses continued down to the swell of her bosom.
The schedule groans under the weight of the thing. The Sun
Scattered groans and whoops broke out in the crowd.
Years of moans and groans about the setting of the memorial came to an end this week as scaffolding was removed to reveal the new wall.
The steps of the old house groaned under my weight.
What we hear from the National Party is doom, gloom, whinge, whine, grizzle, and groan.
With one last punch to Dade's stomach, Damian rightened himself up and left Dade groaning in the sand.
They need to be controlled, irrespective of the moans and groans from those motorists who want to drive where they want at the speed they want.
For more than twenty years the anthracite miners have groaned under most intolerable and inhuman conditions.
I fell heavily on my shoulder and kicked out at whatever I had fallen over, which groaned. INSTRUMENTS OF DARKNESS
The metal rungs creaked and groaned as she put her weight on them, but held firm against the stone wall.
The students groaned when the professor got out the exam booklets
Can we have more imaginative and creative solutions to this problem rather than moans and groans?
However, even the worst sketches elicit a happy groan rather than stony-faced silence.
He flashed his badge, ignoring the groans and grumbles from the rest of the people in line.
Let them view with him the piles of unsuccoured wounded on the breach of Badajoz, and hear the shrieks and groans of men dying in helpless agony, without a friendly hand to prop their head, or a drop of water to cool their fevered lips. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847
He packed his things into his backpack and tested it on his shoulders, groaning slightly as he adjusted to the weight.
There would be a table groaning with smoked ham, with thick succulent slices of cold beef and crusty fresh bread.

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