Word: groaningly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...groan, splash: get lean, get taut, think gorgeous...
Just after 10 a.m., with no warning, not even the groan of the floe's straining under the combined pressure of wind and current, the ice pack begins to separate from the shore and starts drifting out into the lake. The movement is almost imperceptible. A few fishermen notice that their lines are no longer hanging vertically, but most assume that is due to currents under the ice pack...
...blanks opposite catalogue pictures of rich chocolate cakes, golden Oregon peaches and those dwarf Christmas pines. The blend of gush and gusto that makes Bear Creek so successful is hard to match. Of the dwarf pine, one applicant writes, "A tree-mendous way to remember Christmas." Holmes and Stump groan. And groan again when confronted by "It's love at first bite"-about the nine-layer chocolate cake ($18.95 delivered...
With about 15 seconds remaining in The Game, exultant Yalies began tugging at the goal post at the open end of Harvard stadium. Twisted and gnarled, the post never snapped cleanly; it just sagged and let out a little groan...
...Levene had graced the British stage for 53 years, he would long since have been knighted. He is a pluperfect master of the groan, the pause, the gravelly riposte, and nobody, but nobody, has his comic timing...