Example Sentences

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Groaned Ethan: “The only thing that functioned properly on that mission was this team.”

From The Guardian • Jul. 30, 2018

Groaned the bobby-soxers’ golden calf: “Di’nt seem hard a’tall. Ah’m sure Ah passed!”

From Time • Mar. 24, 2015

Groaned a frustrated British engineer: "We frequently do six weeks' work for nothing."

From Time Magazine Archive

Groaned another: "Of the three octaves her voice once covered, only the middle range remains unchanged."

From Time Magazine Archive

Groaned the grain, as in sudden resurrection it lifted up its head, and knew that again the Sun was in Heaven.

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 by Wilson, John