Sentences with groan
groan
G g - Slowly, he opened his eyes. As he did so, he began to groan with pain. [VERB + with]
- She heard him let out a pitiful, muffled groan.
- Many rue the commercial nature of Christmas and groan at the expense involved in giving gifts.
- When Australia drew group B in the early hours of Saturday, there was a collective groan around the nation.
- 'My leg–I think it's broken,' Eric groaned. [VERB with quote]
- His parents were beginning to groan about the price of college tuition. [VERB + about]
- A groan ripped through the audience of high school counselors.
- He appears to groan in pain and tries to roll over.
- The timbers groan and creak and the floorboards shift. [VERB]
- The bar counter groans under the weight of huge plates of the freshest fish. [V + under/with]
- Consumers were groaning under the weight of high interest rates. [V + under]
- They all groaned at Larry's puns
- The country groaned under the dictator's rule
- A heavy gate groaning on its hinges
- A table groaning beneath a Christmas feast, a people that groaned under tyranny
- The groans of dying soldiers.
- We heard the groan of the ropes as the crane lowered the heavy cargo into the ship's hold.
- The steps of the old house groaned under my weight.
- groaning under an intolerable burden.