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.