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I then distinctly viewed thousands of Black Men, who had been groaning under the rod of oppression, starting up in all the transport of renovated life, and shouting aloud "We are free!"

From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall

When I had first come in he had been groaning at intervals, but now he was silent.

From Trenching at Gallipoli The personal narrative of a Newfoundlander with the ill-fated Dardanelles expedition by Gallishaw, John

For years the Russians had been groaning under heavy taxes.

From Rabbi and Priest A Story by Goldsmith, Milton

All this time Nannie, who still lay motionless, had been groaning in what was evidently genuine pain.

From A Duel by Marsh, Richard

He had been groaning frightfully all night, and I had not been able to sleep.

From Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. by Landor, A. H. Savage