Groans from a baggy eyed courtroom were cut short when the judge collapsed laughing and muttering incoherently. |
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He describes the doings of the Romans and the Groans of the Britons, in which the Britons make one last request for military aid from the departed Roman military. |
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The actors assimilate the cringe-worthy lines with great skill and finesse, so that the audience laughs rather than groans. |
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And then at long last creation's groans and ours shall end and heaven and earth shall be one. |
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Why should the prospect of another remake prompt groans and feelings of weariness? |
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Danielle groans with frustration and sinks down into the welcoming pillows of her bed. |
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As numbers of retirees increase, the health system groans under the strain. |
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Sometimes we write on what seems like a relatively trivial theme, and the mailbox groans with correspondence. |
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The sound of the sea hitting the ship made it difficult to sleep and the rattle of tin dishes sounded over the groans of passengers being sick. |
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Riddled with pavement cafes and dotted with cosy bars, the city groans with museums and magical art galleries, cinemas and designer outlets. |
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Just about every public service groans under the weight of paperwork, and the police are the latest to suffer. |
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The girl struggles violently, her groans becoming inhuman howls and deep, guttural moans of psychological pain. |
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Over a wavery organ loop that gently builds then fades away amid a wash of echoes, a singer slowly groans out a wordless lament. |
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Moans and groans from the wounded reached his ears and filled him with the deepest sorrow. |
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The firemen rush in and immediately hear muffled groans coming from the aisle. |
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At least three poker games were in session with yells of victory or groans of loss that shook the walls. |
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People who ask me how it's going are met with groans, eye-rolling, whining about the taffeta that resides where my brain once did. |
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The young man groans at the sight of the pampered pooch, whom she already has attached to his leash. |
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Christopher crumples to the ground, groans, expressing emotions in a physical, almost animal way, that most of us are incapable of. |
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I realised I didn't have food poisoning tonight as Luc spent most of the night in the bathroom with loud groans and retches. |
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This is part of the issue in that the people, with all their groans and grumbles, are by and large happy with Skipton as it is. |
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The eerie wind began to sound like the wail of a banshee, the creaks and groans of the castle began to seem like footsteps stalking toward her. |
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It's never a good sign when the audience audibly groans throughout what was meant to be a grand love story. |
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The bus was silent except for a faint beat that Lena could barely distinguish from the creaks and groans of the bus. |
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S'sahr barked an order and there were groans, but the troopers spread out keeping eyes open for any traces or tracks. |
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They all were having nightmares and the mental sound of moans and groans rang out in everyone's mind. |
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I hear many moans and groans from bar, shop and restaurant owners that profits and numbers are getting lower every year. |
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These days it's me who inflicts my moans and groans onto my younger friends. |
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You could hear the moans and groans when it was mentioned that five individuals had tied at 37 points. |
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They need to be controlled, irrespective of the moans and groans from those motorists who want to drive where they want at the speed they want. |
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I can understand their moans and groans about one or two refereeing decisions, but they blew it. |
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There have been moans and groans about the conditions in the cells but we have a responsibility to keep them to Home Office guidelines. |
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And now the moans and groans of the over 50s has been given an airing in a survey. |
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The crack of helmets smacking helmets and the grunts and groans all had a familiar ring. |
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Can we have more imaginative and creative solutions to this problem rather than moans and groans? |
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Despite moans and groans, they complied with orders and continued their journey. |
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I'd love it if they'd put up a fight against his nomination, but I seriously doubt they will beyond a few moans and groans for theater. |
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Years of moans and groans about the setting of the memorial came to an end this week as scaffolding was removed to reveal the new wall. |
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The pupils come to me with their moans and groans, but I have heard nothing regarding them being attacked. |
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Troy got up early to hear loud creaks and groans from the west side of the ship. |
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Yet, despite the moans and groans, few people would ultimately argue against the need for employment rights. |
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He flashed his badge, ignoring the groans and grumbles from the rest of the people in line. |
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There are a few moans and groans of course, but you have that same sense of identity. |
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Not surprisingly, perhaps, his appointment was greeted with jeers, groans and moans. |
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She scolded him and generally mothered him as he insisted that he was completely fine, all the while biting back groans of pain. |
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After yesterday morning's training program, Ngubane ordered the players to be back at noon sparking groans and moans. |
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He went about his work, unheedful of the jests, ungalled by his irons, unmindful of the groans and laughter about him. |
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Shrills, squeaks and groans made by the excited bowheads reverberate through my body. |
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Even his lungs are protesting the action of mere breathing, and he groans a little with each ragged breath. |
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And now the moans and groans of the over 50s have been given an airing in a survey. |
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He mentions in his audio commentary that the vampire's death groans were long lost, cut by censors during the film's original theatrical run. |
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Aside from resorting to plaintive cries and groans, in the first half there was little cause for the Tartan Army to exercise their vocal chords. |
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There was a chorus of groans and protests, but they ended in an annoyed state of resignation as everyone knew there wasn't much of an alternative. |
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Just think of all the fun the political media will have with another Republican-on-Republican brawl, groans Fleischer. |
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The Chinook vibrated with deeper and deeper groans until its twin engines managed to heave up our dead weight. |
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The audience responded with self-conscious groans and moans as if to suggest that Meyers had crossed some sacred line. |
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The building rang with a tremendous shout, and another, and another, and then it echoed deep loud groans that gathered strength as they swelled out, like angry thunder. |
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There were moans and groans as people had to sit with ones they dislike. |
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There were the obligatory moans and groans from the entire class. |
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When the draw was made it was met by a few moans and groans from the lads. |
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This got him some tuts and groans from people in both boats. |
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At last their feelings became too strong and broke forth in weeping and wailing, tears and groans, intermingled with shouts of glory and praise from some of the people of God. |
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Listen to their put-upon groans when they have to go out on the field to sign autographs during fan appreciation day. |
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Silent at sea, these birds are the nosiest of the Auklets when in the breeding colonies, vocalizing with groans, low hoots, grunts, and barking calls. |
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Trying to palm the lever through the gate in a relaxed manner as you drive around town or cruise around country lanes will be greeted with a chorus of graunches and groans. |
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The table in the centre of the shop positively groans with the weight of olives and at weekends especially customers queue to relieve it of its burden. |
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The entire area was plunged into total darkness again, to audible groans. |
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The old white couch groans as Julian drops his weight down upon it. |
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And judging by the moans and groans coming from some supporters at the moment you would think Burnley are locked in a tailspin of cataclysmic proportions. |
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It's an old house, full of creaks and groans and other house sounds. |
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The howling wind was still making its presence felt, shaking the structure of the building, causing countless creaks and groans to rise up from its foundations. |
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Initially it seems that the ship is grounded as solidly as a breakwater, but after a while the creaks and groans are evidence of movement, however slight this may be. |
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Her face aglimmer with self-important gloom, she bars his entry, while goodwife grunts and groans within. |
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Humpback whales make other sounds to communicate, such as grunts, groans, snorts and barks. |
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There were low groans of pain as the field plunged into the perishingly cold water. |
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The ghost's loud and frightful groans caused the people of the town to seal up the doors of the building. |
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As Caley netted twice, moans, groans and bile were heard and fans headed for the vomitories. |
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Despite groans from critics about its extravagant soppiness, it has so far sold almost three million copies in hardback. |
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That caused yowls and howls, groans and girns until Euan Norris finally put them out of their misery with the final blast of his whistle. |
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Cetaceans use sound to communicate, using groans, moans, whistles, clicks or the 'singing' of the humpback whale. |
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That night under the porch there was a scrabbly sound, like a dog in a gravel pile, going steadily on under barks and groans and screeches. Something was digging down deeper. |
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