groan
noun
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief.
am groaning
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present progressiveof groan (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Each time the minivan jolts, my head pounds, my stomach quivers, and I notice that I am groaning.
From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson
I am groaning under the miseries of a diseased nervous system—a system, the state of which is most conducive to our happiness, or the most productive of our misery.
From Robert Burns by John Campbell Shairp
When I am not torturing myself about my work, I am groaning about myself.
From The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters by Aimée G. Leffingwel McKenzie
There is nothing 'imperial' about me but the yoke under which I am groaning; and my `highness' is to be compared only with the crumbs of Lazarus which fell from the rich man's table.
From Andreas Hofer by L. (Luise) Mühlbach
