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groane

n. (obsolete spelling of groan English) vb. (obsolete spelling of groan English)

Usage examples of "groane".

Spindle, sweat dripping from his gleaming hairshirt, groaned and dropped his head, thumping against the thick wood.

At the clang of his bayonet against the brass trimmings, Martha Moulton groaned in spirit, for, if there was any one thing that she deemed essential to her comfort in this life, it was to keep spotless, speckless and in every way unharmed, the great knocker on her front door.

Arrhyna groaned and raised her head, the curtaining hair parting so that he saw the bruises decorating her face.

He groaned and pushed the furs away and felt hands on him, a wetness on his parched tongue.

Neither Flysse nor Davyd was reluctant to halt their labors, and Arcole could not resist chuckling as they groaned and stretched their backs.

Arcole groaned and stirred, but the little men held him firm as Colun examined the wound.

The trailer groaned as his mother rocked back and forth to get enough momentum to turn around and make room for him to pre cede her down the hall.

There was a moment of stunned disbelief and then they groaned and muttered darkly.

They groaned and gritted their teeth, and cursed Hal, their fates and themselves to see it wasted.

Long before dawn outlined the four small, barred windows, men groaned and coughed and then crept, one at a time to ease themselves, grunting and farting as they voided in the latrine bucket.

He grunted, groaned and dragged himself upward, listening at the same time for the sounds of fighting behind him, but he heard nothing more until he reached the next pool where he stopped in surprise.

Once, just before dawn, she groaned so pitifully that he felt his heart swell with love and concern for her.

Most of these victims were long dead and stank, but one or two still twitched or groaned pitifully.

Mags shivered and groaned, then began to unknot the laces at the front of his knee breeches.

He groaned as his rumblings with her corsetry became more urgent, more desperate.