Read full poem →The whistles blow forlorn,
And trains all night groan on the rail
To men that die at morn.
Dictionary Entry
A low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. groanunder groangroan deepgroan low
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Poetry examples for “groan”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Against the Gothic sons of frozen verse:
How changed from him who made the boxes groan,
And shook the stage with thunders all his own!
Read full poem →Who sees him act, but envies every deed?
Who hears him groan, and does not wish to bleed?
E'en when proud Caesar, 'midst triumphal cars,
Read full poem →Who sees him act, but envies every deed?
Who hears him groan, and does not wish to bleed?
Even when proud Caesar, 'midst triumphal cars,
Read full poem →Worse than the wolves. And King Leodogran
Groan’d for the Roman legions here again,
And Cezsar’s eagle: then his brother king,
Read full poem →Is become thrall to Death."
Bow down before him, ballad, sigh and groan.
But make no sojourn in thy outgoing;
Read full poem →That brand of shame-compelling woe
Which bids but brave men shrink or groan
And lays but honour low.
Read full poem →Groan with continual surges, and behind me
Read full poem →Content to reign the bright particular star
Of some who wander or of some who groan.
They own no drawings each of other’s strength,
Read full poem →The night Death took our lamp away
Was not the night on which we groan’d.
I drew my bride, beneath the moon,