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Example sentences for: groaned

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News groaned that Buchanan "seems poised for another round of bashing the front-runner."
Richard Durbin, D-Ill., likened Starr to the obsessed, wrongheaded investigator in The Fugitive . Republican senators groaned at Starr's gaffe, citing it as further evidence that the independent counsel law should be scrapped.
Taxpayers groaned under the burden of the army and the tribute paid to foreign rivals and complained about the luxuries of palace life.
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.
Sentimentalists groaned that the Chiefs had choked again.