Words similar to groaning

Example sentences for: groaning

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At 4pm the monks can be observed at prayer, blowing the groaning horns and banging drums and cymbals in a red and gold chapel.
Listen to the groaning of injured pirates and witness the rudimentary and unsanitary surgical techniques that led to so many deaths — the ship’s carpenter doubled as surgeon.
One night, I tuned in and heard an extraordinarily cacophonous piece that sounded like souls groaning in hell alternating with dissonant organ music; as I could not believe what I was hearing, I continued to listen; I was tortured for about half an hour but persisted, as I wanted to hear the title in order to make certain that I would switch off if anyone ever threatened to play it again.
When moaning, groaning, and grimacing accompany the agitation and restlessness, they are frequently interpreted as physical pain (90).
Finally in this bouquet of bird names, let us savour the rail , whose repeated gep, gep, gep and groaning and grunting notes suggest a death rattle , a related word.