groan
noun
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief.
have groaned
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present perfectof groan.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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City lawmakers might have groaned publicly, but they understood what Congress was doing.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 10, 2023
Questions about development, equity, gentrification and growth are now bubbling up — the very issues Californians have groaned about for decades and that many are hoping to leave behind.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2022
Millions of snooker fans in China will have groaned when their hero Ding Junhui made a mess of a potential 147 maximum break against Mark Davis at the World Snooker Championships earlier this week.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2015
They could have changed their name to Band of Joy if Robert Plant hadn’t beaten them to the punch years earlier, and their audience wouldn’t have groaned so much as they would have awwww’d.
From Time ● Feb. 13, 2014
I must have groaned or something, because all of a sudden my mom and dad were standing right beside my bed.
From "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe" by Benjamin Alire Saenz
