Words similar to groaning

Example sentences for: groaning

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When moaning, groaning, and grimacing accompany the agitation and restlessness, they are frequently interpreted as physical pain (90).
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.
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.
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.