groan
noun
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief.
has groaned
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present perfectof groan (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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It has groaned here and there, as anyone who has struggled through a glitchy video conference knows, but it has not failed.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 6, 2020
Both times I’ve seen the film, the audience has groaned audibly at that title card, as if they were hoping for some light-hearted moment of reprieve to make everything a little better.
From The Verge ● May 1, 2018
The Top 14 has groaned beneath the weight of ferocious scrummaging and seems proud that tacklers still rule – how good was Ibrahim Diarra against Northampton on Friday?
From The Guardian ● Oct. 9, 2010
That class of person has groaned loudly over your steel exploit, And he has groaned loudlier still Over your purchase of the Leyland Line of Steamships.
From Outlook Odes by T. W. H. (Thomas William Hodgson) Crosland
But it has groaned and looked gloomy, and asked mute questions with its eyes.
From New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 by Various
