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

So when Don hangs up the phone and decides to go to yet another group seminar, I may have groaned out loud.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2015

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