“I use it for long bus journeys for a pillow and for one joke which is a complete groaner.”

“In that groaner, Burt is convinced he is going to die soon and sets about offing himself.”

“Mr. groaner sighed with much feeling, and said she must not repine, adding in a comforting way that the world was full of sorrow.”

“Later in the night, Lady Letitia heard a loud groan from my lord's room, and a cry as of someone in agony.”

“The ship came to rest with a groan and the familiar sound of a powering-down engine.”

“Dad gets up, one knee popping, his groan about getting old an everyday feature of being around him that is also getting old.”

“How universal, too, the restlessness, how deep the groanings and travailings of the human race.”

“The sharp and deep groanings of the locomotive had already awakened me.”

“From the nearby rail yards came clangings, groanings, chuggings.”

“Singers and non-singers alike, including shouters, groaners, moaners and squealers, can all join in.”

“Now the grunters and groaners are back, as the sport of wrestling made a return visit to Bolton at the weekend.”

“Once again we have the moaners and groaners in the paper complaining about the development of Derwenthorpe.”