Example Sentences

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The story all of your favorite journalists are groaning over.

From Slate • Dec. 5, 2025

It would not surprise me if you are groaning as you read that.

From Washington Post • May 15, 2022

As my shelves are groaning, the proof will probably land in recycling.

From New York Times • Aug. 18, 2020

The bookshelves are groaning with advice for women on achieving life/work balance, on getting that corner office while simultaneously kicking parenting butt.

From Salon • Dec. 3, 2018

Nothing could better confirm your theory that the townsfolk are groaning serfs.

From Italian Hours by James, Henry