verb
definition
To make a groan.
example
The wooden table groaned under the weight of the banquet.
definition
To strive after earnestly, as if with groans.
noun
definition
A low sound associated with extended suffering, sorrow, and toil.
adjective
definition
That groans.
definition
Heavily laden, as if to creak under the strain.
Examples of groaning in a Sentence
The wind blew the entire night, creaking and groaning about the old building in a mournful dirge.
She fell to her knees, groaning.
In only about five or ten minutes, the mare was groaning and lying on her side, pushing hard.
She reached forward for a croissant and bit into it, almost groaning at the buttery, flaky, airy bread.
And before the end of the journey Aesop had nothing to carry, while the other slaves were groaning under their heavy loads.
From behind the door I heard how he lay down on his bed groaning and loudly exclaimed, 'My God!'
A car crossed the bridge behind them, leaving a wake of squeaking and groaning metal and wood.
His gaze shot back to her face and he shook his head, groaning.
While combos take up less desktop space, important if your desk is already groaning under the weight of your PC, the entire device has to be replaced if it goes bad.
Splintering and groaning filled the air, followed by muffled crashes as the trees behind the Others toppled into the snow.
Whole villages are groaning under the pressure of debt For many, the only way to repay debts is to take out new ones.
He surfaced up to his waist and started shouting and groaning, with bloody sputum coming from his mouth.
A Welsh death-portent often confused with the gwrach y Rhibyn and banshee is the cyhyraeth, the groaning spirit.
Into this symphony of white goods comes the groaning crash of self-closing doors whose hinges are badly in need of oil.
Green Eyes appears as two glowing eyes in the night, accompanied by groaning and crying as he roams the battlefield, searching for his missing body.
Finally, one night, she walks into the room and hears the usual sounds of heavy breathing and groaning.
Already the nations are groaning under the burdens of militarism, and are for ever diverting energies that might be employed in the furtherance of useful productive work to purposes of an opposite character.
Moreover, the allies realized at last that it was impossible to dislodge Philip from Spain, and all the peoples were groaning under the expenses and the sufferings of the war.
Moreover, in one case Jesus is described as groaning before He spoke; in the other the cure was at first incomplete; and both of the men were strictly charged to observe silence afterwards.