groan with

Frequency: 6.87.3 per million words

used with words like 'pain' to show the cause

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Examples (10)

  • Some of the patients were groaning with pain.
  • The soldier groaned with agony as the medic treated his wound.
  • He groans with the effort of rising from his chair every morning.
  • The table was groaning with the weight of all the food.
  • She groaned with despair when she saw her failing grade.
  • The ancient ship's timbers began to groan with the strain of the storm.
  • After the intense workout, I could only lie on the floor and groan with fatigue.
  • He groaned with frustration upon realizing he had forgotten his password again.
  • The audience groaned with disappointment when the main act was cancelled.
  • The old house seemed to groan with the sorrow of its past inhabitants.