Example Sentences

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While many people will groan at the prospect of another general election, there are others for whom the poll affords another fleeting moment in the spotlight.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2019

If you know anything about the art world, you will groan more than you laugh.

From Washington Post • Feb. 7, 2019

Some fans will groan over Grant, but he had a good performance in OTAs and minicamp and Gruden loves his game.

From Washington Times • Jul. 23, 2017

The government’s finances also will groan beneath the weight of the Department of Homeland Security, the 216,000- employee bureaucracy created to protect Americans from additional terrorist attacks.

From BusinessWeek • May 12, 2011

Patients will groan and wince and move, though, of course, under ether or chloroform such manifestations may take place, yet the patient afterwards will give every assurance that not the slightest pain was felt.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)