groan at

Frequency: 6.24.9 per million words

used with a noun to show the cause, e.g., the pain, the thought

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Examples (10)

  • He groaned at the thought of another long meeting.
  • The audience groaned at the comedian's terrible pun.
  • She groaned at the sight of the mess the children had made.
  • I always groan at my dad's old jokes.
  • They will probably groan at the announcement of more work.
  • We have all groaned at his bad decisions at some point.
  • The students were groaning at the complexity of the math problem.
  • He couldn't help but groan at the sheer injustice of the situation.
  • I groaned inwardly at the memory of my embarrassing speech.
  • The whole team groaned at the news that their holiday was cancelled.