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Meanings of groaning in English

Moaning.

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Examples for "moaning"
1
She's a good girl, taking moaning-chops out the way for five minutes.
Pandaemonium
2
Well you young people are impressionable.' She again started moaning and bickering.
Metro 2033
3
Through the smother came the loud moaning of fog-horns in the Firth.
Greyfriars Bobby
4
I didn't want moaning and suffering and politics; I wanted the quips.
The Guardian
5
He collapsed to the ground moaning, hardly able to speak or breathe.
Navigators of Dune
Usage of groaning in English
1
Then the groaning, cold voice sullenly broke in upon the stillness again:
Mother
2
Dire was the dismay, and dreadful the groaning in Oakville that night.
He Fell in Love with His Wife
3
A sea of confusion spread out all around them, groaning and twisting.
Artemis Fowl: The Atlantis Complex
4
It sickens the locals, groaning when yet another visitor asks the way.
The Guardian
5
The health and well-being shelves in bookshops are groaning with detox-focused books.
The Irish Times
6
From the corner on the right they could hear someone groaning quietly.
The hangman's daughter
7
The surgeon was bending over Northrup, who lay in the bottom groaning.
The Jacket (The Star-Rover)
8
The reboost burns no longer produced alarming pops, bangs, and groaning noises.
Seveneves
9
From below, rose a shrill wail; and the door ceased its groaning.
The House on the Borderland
10
But she rolled herself over again in the corner, and lay groaning.
Robert Falconer
11
He had buried his face in the pillow, and was groaning aloud.
Jean-Christophe Journey's End
12
And yet all around he hears the groaning complaining mass of humanity.
The windup girl
13
He was taken suddenly with violent pain; and now he lies groaning.
Warlock o' Glenwarlock: A Homely Romance
14
Hearing survivors groaning from beneath the rubble, he battled to free them.
Reuters
15
The noise, the groaning, the wrangling, the fighting, the pilfering, were distracting.
Kilgorman: A Story of Ireland in 1798
16
Now Pharaoh sank down groaning, but the Queen spake to the Wanderer:
The World's Desire
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Groaning through the time
Groaning across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Less common