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Example sentences for: groaned

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The Washington Post groaned that the TWA mystery "has become the aviation equivalent of the Kennedy assassination"--i.e.
News groaned that Buchanan "seems poised for another round of bashing the front-runner."
The Washington Post groaned that Burton "once again lived up to his caricature" as an overzealous idiot and pointed out that his real crime has been to distract attention from the transcripts, which indicate that White House "emissaries" encouraged Hubbell and his wife to fear their livelihood depended on remaining silent about the Clintons' roles in Whitewater.
The stubborn aristocracy and high clergy were anxious to protect their ancient privileges; a burgeoning bourgeoisie longed for reforms that would give them greater opportunity; the peasantry was no longer prepared to bear the burden of feudal extortion; and a growing urban populace of artisans groaned under intolerable hardships.
Certainly I, for one, was taken in at first by his solemn academic tone and groaned at the prospect of having to write a moralizing corrective--“Even Ober nods,” “Physician, heal thyself”--spare us!