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Groaning

ˈgroʊnɪŋ
A broken cord between two posts, monkeys groaning on the ground. On the left a savage trying to hit a fleeing Indian (the king of France), on the right another savage with a plucked chicken (France). Title is on separate text sheet.
A broken cord between two posts, monkeys groaning on the ground. On the left a savage trying to hit a fleeing Indian (the king of France), on the right another savage with a plucked chicken (France). Title is on separate text sheet.
Illustrations
Hagar with an empty pitcher and Ishmael under a bush. The angel hears the child's groaning and points Hagar to a well to give her child a drink.
Hagar with an empty pitcher and Ishmael under a bush. The angel hears the child's groaning and points Hagar to a well to give her child a drink.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (n) Groaning
    a deep moan as of pain: any low rumbling sound
Quotations
William Blake
My mother groaned, my father wept, into the dangerous world I leapt; helpless, naked, piping loud, like a fiend hid in a cloud.
William Blake
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
One half the world must sweat and groan that the other half may dream.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Charles Lamb
A laugh is worth a hundred groans in any market.
Charles Lamb
St. Jerome
Prayer is a groan.
St. Jerome
William Shakespeare
Cry havoc! and let slip the dogs of war, that this foul deed shall smell above the earth with carrion men, groaning for burial.
William Shakespeare
Etymology

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary A.S. gránian.

Usage in the news

But they can't dispute that people can groan a quote, especially when it comes to these awful souvenirs. latimes.com

That jaw-dropping 'Sons of Anarchy' cameo, and ( groan ) more 'Dance Moms': TV Talk. oregonlive.com

My 2002 International RE (T444E) does the same thing in terms of the groaning noise. schoolbusfleet.com

That groan you hear it's from Rangers fans (maybe). blog.nj.com

You're Getting Older When You Groan When It Snows. foxkansas.com

Even the Barricades Groan . nytimes.com

It's about a lot more than groaning tables and football. deltafarmpress.com

She's posing in front of the camera again -hold the groans- and her attempts at being a sex kitten are just kind of ZZZzzzzz. 1063thebuzz.com

Before you groan and stop reading, consider that this cancer can be prevented or cured 90 percent of the time during a routine colonoscopy. dallasnews.com

I can just hear the collective groan let out by my friends. amny.com

"I don't know which me that I love," Marilyn Manson groans on stomping industrial rocker "No Reflection," from May 1 album Born Villain. spin.com

Met more by moans and groans of disgust than by screaming, the film is a slightly below-average example of what contemporary horror has become. blog.dispatch.com

If you want to groan every time you hear the word "networking," well, I don't exactly blame you. forbes.com

If someone mentioned the name Jerry Hughes last season, you wouldn't have to wait long to hear the collective groans of Colts fans from miles and miles away. bernetriweekly.com

The next time I hear someone groan about the current political climate as an excuse for his or her own indifference , I'm going to respond with three words: Sister Simone Campbell. gastongazette.com

Usage in scientific papers

Only the one who cries and groans by pain will have humanity, divine gift ..
Carlo Cercignani's Interests for the Foundations of Physics

Usage in literature

Me Dain gave a groan of terror. "Jack Haydon's Quest" by John Finnemore

Groaning with agony O'Iwa came to her senses. "The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari" by James S. De Benneville

That he was not dead was evident, for he groaned occasionally. "Ted Strong in Montana" by Edward C. Taylor

But rise she did, each time, slowly, laboring, quivering, and groaning, like a living thing in mortal agony. "The Drummer Boy" by John Trowbridge

Well, she's going to come, so it's no use groaning about it now,' said Sarah. "Sarah's School Friend" by May Baldwin

The heel ground harder, bringing a groan from him. "Police Your Planet" by Lester del Rey

But ere he had got far, his steps were arrested by the sound of a groan. "Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks" by Bracebridge Hemyng

There were four of those low groans. "Old Man Savarin and Other Stories" by Edward William Thomson

Trafford almost groaned when he thought of his loss. "Culm Rock" by Glance Gaylord

A groan forced its way almost to Deforrest Young's lips. "The Secret of the Storm Country" by Grace Miller White

Usage in poetry
"The breeze is soft at eve, that oft
From Milford Havens moans;
It whispers maidens' stifled cries,
It breathes of widows' groans.
Like a spirit grieved went moaning
In a twilight over the sea,
And it seemed the night was groaning,
And my heart beat wild in me.
"WHY groaning so, thou solid Earth!
Tho' sprightly summer cheers?
Or is thine old heart dead to mirth?
Or art thou bowed by years?"
How oft has bitter tear been shed,
And heaved how many a groan,
Because thou wouldst not give for bread
The thing that was a stone!
His dim-worn eyes to heav'n he cast,
Where all his griefs were known;
And smote upon his troubled breast,
And heav'd a heavy groan.
His own soft hand shall wipe the tear
From every weeping eye,
And pains and groans, and grief and fear,
And death itself shall die.