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groaning

/ˈɡɹoʊnɪŋ/ adjective C2
  1. That groans.
  2. Heavily laden, as if to creak under the strain. (figuratively) · We sat down to a groaning table and feasted all evening.
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Don’t be alarmed if you hear me groaning.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 185 · C1
The Mule, groaning beneath his heavy burden, said to himself: “I am treated according to my deserts.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 17 · B2
Danglars thought of the old man whom, in his hours of delirium, he had seen groaning on his bed.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 1087 · C1
I’ve been groaning for more than a year, and no one has ever heard me before or come to help me.”
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 26 · B2

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