as in moaned
to utter a moan
heard someone groaning in pain
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Recent Examples of groaned
Fans groaned as a deep fly ball pulled just foul into the outfield seats.
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Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Announcers commented on it, Eagles fans groaned.
—Don Yaeger, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Ultimately, at over 100 kilonewtons of force, the structure groaned under the force before one of the beams finally gave away in an intentional collapse that provided critical data for the study.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
Yankees fans have moaned and groaned about Aaron Boone’s deployment of Williams in crucial situations this season, and it’s only exacerbated now that every game counts in the postseason race.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2025
According to multiple witness accounts, Black groaned, gasped and appeared to be in visible distress during the execution.
—Christina Coulter, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
As healthcare systems groaned under the pandemic’s weight and contagion fears loomed, outpatient and nursing center residents were steered toward remote symptom tracking via telemedicine.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Sep. 2023
Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Announcers commented on it, Eagles fans groaned.
—Don Yaeger, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Ultimately, at over 100 kilonewtons of force, the structure groaned under the force before one of the beams finally gave away in an intentional collapse that provided critical data for the study.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
Yankees fans have moaned and groaned about Aaron Boone’s deployment of Williams in crucial situations this season, and it’s only exacerbated now that every game counts in the postseason race.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2025
According to multiple witness accounts, Black groaned, gasped and appeared to be in visible distress during the execution.
—Christina Coulter, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
As healthcare systems groaned under the pandemic’s weight and contagion fears loomed, outpatient and nursing center residents were steered toward remote symptom tracking via telemedicine.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Sep. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for groaned
Verb
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From the other room, the victim moaned.—
Stephanie Kuzydym,
The Courier-Journal,
15 Aug. 2025
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Yankees fans have moaned and groaned about Aaron Boone’s deployment of Williams in crucial situations this season, and it’s only exacerbated now that every game counts in the postseason race.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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The 53-year-old actor sobbed uncontrollably as the audience on the Lido erupted into 15-minute standing ovation, one of the longest at this year’s festival so far.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
1 Sep. 2025
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The teen, whose mother also sobbed in court as her son was sentenced on Tuesday, had pleaded guilty to charges including culpable driving causing death, theft, and failing to render assistance in July, the Sydney Morning Herald noted.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Groaned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/groaned. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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