Definitions
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- adjective That groans.
- adjective figuratively That is heavily laden.
- noun A low sound associated with extended suffering, sorrow, and
toil . - noun Making groans.
- verb Present participle of
groan .
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Examples
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If you look closely, the groaning is almost visible.
The Geithner Grimace: 11 Examples Of The Treasury Secretary's Only Expression (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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And please don't turn up at my blog again groaning that you can't afford to buy books!
Pay Less, Read More Sharon Bakar 2006
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Again groaning in himself, he comes to the grave: he groaned, (1.)
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) 1721
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Thou knowest what I want and what I would have: My groaning is not hidden from thee.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721
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Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) 1721
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a large wooden cabinet and heard men within groaning for hunger and thirst.
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Jesus again groaning in himself -- that is, as at Joh 11: 33, checked or repressed His rising feelings, in the former instance, of sorrow, here of righteous indignation at their unreasonable unbelief; (compare
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They draw on other scriptural motifs, like their own personal resurrection or what the Apostle Paul called the groaning of the whole creation that awaits renewal and then look for their place in it.
Remarks At Fifth Millennium Evening At The White House ITY National Archives 1999
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And our stone house was kind of groaning and moaning, and the tin roof was rattling.
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Pretty soon, though, one of the women said "Oh, Lord, here they come!" and the other women gave that kind of groaning laugh when you're half-dreading, half-anticipating something.
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