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Definition of Groaned
1. groan [v] - See also: groan
Lexicographical Neighbors of Groaned
Literary usage of Groaned
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2006)
"down on the sofa and they groaned into each others' mouths, his voice box ...
He groaned softly. "We have to get driving," he said. "Yes," she said. ..."
2. Every Day in the Year: A Poetical Epitome of the World's History by James Lauren Ford, Mary K. Ford (1902)
"A dozen times I groaned—the dead Did that temptation crave— Still urging me to
go and see Had never groaned but twice! "And now, from forth the frowning sky ..."
3. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"During fourscore years (excepting; only the short and doubtful respite of
Vespasian's reign)(l) Rome groaned beneath an unremitting tyranny, ..."
4. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone, George Sharswood, Barron Field (1875)
"In the mean time, the families of all our nobility and gentry groaned under the
intole- • expensive honour of knighthood, to make his poverty more ..."
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