Groans

Examples

• He talked of Geneva, which I should soon visit--of Elizabeth, and Ernest; but these words only drew deep groans from me. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• The boat now began, with heavy groans, like some vast, tired monster, to prepare to push up among the multiplied steamers at the levee. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• The air was filled with groans and clashing of arms--the floors were slippery with the blood of despairing and expiring wretches. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• The engines and dynamos made a horrible racket, from loud and deep groans to a hideous shriek, and the place seemed to be filled with sparks and flames of all colors. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• There were some groans and hisses, but the general sense of honour was much too strong for the condemnation of a man unheard. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• His name was only mentioned with groans in the dowager's circle. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The dying shrieks and groans of the murdered will often sound in your ears. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Hush, Esmeralda, for the woman's sobs and groans seemed to have attracted the thing that stalked there just beyond the thin wall. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• One hand of the mistress generally reposes on the loving serf's rude head, because if she takes it away he groans and is discontented. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Think ye that the groans of Clerval were music to my ears? Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• The question again recurred, to be answered only with groans. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Loud cries of 'Shame,' mingled with groans and hisses, prevailed for a quarter of an hour. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I dismounted to her aid, while she, with heavy groans, and her hand placed on her side, resisted my attempt to lead her on. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Even her hard words, reproachful as they were, were complimentary--the groans of a person stinging under defeat. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• They buy 'em and sell 'em, and make trade of their heart's blood, and groans and tears,--and God _lets_ them. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Then come drums, trumpets, thunders of artillery, and groans of the dying, and at last, in a grand triumphal swell, God Save the King is performed. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Here followed an interval of clamorous prayer, accompanied by fearful groans. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The land groans under it; and, bad as it is for the slave, it is worse, if anything, for the master. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Topsy, with loud protestations, and tears, and groans, declared that she _could_ not. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.

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