The team let out a big groan when it lost the game.    From LearnThat.org. 

When the four captains walked out of the locker room still in red, there was a bit of a groan from the crowd.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - College Football - Auburn vs. Georgia] Reference

Felicity and Cecily were setting out a lunch in the pantry when we were all startled by a loud groan from the sofa.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Story Girl] Reference

The widespread groan is that Liberals and the ANGRY LEFT want to give your money to fat lazy people and their ungrateful children.    From Wordnik.com.  [duh pookie] Reference

Romancing the groan is the next entry in this blog.    From Wordnik.com.  [I hate mini-bars - BatesLine] Reference

Romancing the groan was the previous entry in this blog.    From Wordnik.com.  [District 5 candidate forum - BatesLine] Reference

A groan was her only answer, and Madge looked imploringly at her.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Boy Artist. A Tale for the Young] Reference

Was it a sigh, or a groan, that issued from the stifling heart of Venetia.    From Wordnik.com.  [Venetia] Reference

But the groan was a full – sized groan, and the cough was but a wheeze.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nicholas Nickleby] Reference

“Oh, he says it wasn’t his wife,” Mr. Obama said, eliciting a big groan from the audience.    From Wordnik.com.  [What Would Miss Manners Say? - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference

Joe's lips moved, but a groan was the only sound he uttered, as he crouched there, the picture of abject misery.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Unknown Wrestler] Reference

My groan is instinctive.    From Wordnik.com.  [Branded in Gray « A Fly in Amber] Reference

A groan is still a response.    From Wordnik.com.  [FLASH FICTION • by Joseph Freeman] Reference

And, like a death-groan from a tomb in air.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Age Reviewed] Reference

Glencaryll gave a kind of groan and staggered back against me.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Sheik] Reference

With a kind of groan he sank to his seat, and hid his face in his hands.    From Wordnik.com.  [Succedaneum] Reference

Here Bunce uttered a kind of groan, very clearly expressive of disagreement.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Warden] Reference

A kind of groan, of horror and a dreadful fascination, ran through the watching lines.    From Wordnik.com.  [Funeral Games]

There was a groan from the French lines.    From Wordnik.com.  [White Lies] Reference

"Yes; he gave a kind of groan, and then fell; he was --".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder] Reference

A kind of groan went up from the group of listening Dutchmen.    From Wordnik.com.  [Allan's Wife] Reference

'Seven long days and seven long nights,' groan'd the Warrener gray.    From Wordnik.com.  [Laus Deo] Reference

Passing still a little farther on, he was struck with a groan which issued from a hovel.    From Wordnik.com.  [Waverley — Volume 2] Reference

Passing still a little further on, he was struck with a groan which issued from a hovel.    From Wordnik.com.  [Waverley: or, 'Tis sixty years since] Reference

When Dred saw her, he gave a kind of groan, and said, putting his hand out before his face.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dred; A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp. In Two Volumes. Vol. II] Reference

groan (in fact "groan" every time she opens her mouth). heyhey Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 02: 10 PM EST.    From Wordnik.com.  [Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch] Reference

But don't worry; Kelly can still groan if it hurts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Celebrity Baby Talk] Reference

On March 26, Finkelstein heard a groan from his staff watching TV.    From Wordnik.com.  [How Tony Blair Won] Reference

The shelves of any homes groan under the weight of parenting books.    From Wordnik.com.  [Advise And Consent] Reference

With a groan, Yanayev wondered aloud how he'd gotten himself into such a mess.    From Wordnik.com.  [The People Vs. The Plotters] Reference

When I heard this kind of disapproving groan come out of him, it made me happy.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Change in the Wind] Reference

But now there's a whole new reason for comics characters to groan: media consolidation.    From Wordnik.com.  [NEWSPAPERS: THE UN-FUNNY PAGES] Reference

The dawning, goose-fleshy awareness that we were — clichés groan to life — watching history.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sports: The Grandest Slam] Reference