Word: groans
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...York Times Book Review’s Walter Kim has confused Foer’s quaint simplicity with “tritenesses” [sic]. According to Kim, the avant-garde ornamentations cause readers “to ooh and aah over notions that used to make it groan.” But even though an audience less erudite than Kim might be wowed by Foer’s techniques, the author isn’t claiming to be on the cutting edge of anything...
Schaublin’s best save on the day came late in the game when she caused the Crimson faithful to groan loudly in frustration...
...President Bush's replacement of Colin Powell with Condolleeza Rice as Secretary of State drew an almost audible groan from within the corridors of power in Europe, where it was read as the final victory of the administration's hawks over its voices of moderation. Dr. Rice, of course, is intimately associated with precisely those policy choices on Iraq and Israel-Palestine that most alarmed many U.S. allies during the administration's first term. At the same time, however, those allies may take some comfort in the fact that this time around, they'll be dealing with a Secretary...
When junior midfielder Nicholas Tornaritis put the ball past Brown goalie Christopher Gomez, the crowd’s groan could barely be heard...
...before, checking them for leeches and squelching in wet sneakers. After three days of pulling each other out of the water, sleeping side by side and mocking each other's paddling styles, we're becoming a tight team of novices, and as we struggle into our sodden wetsuits, every groan elicits a grin of sympathy. We'll look back on these days as the easy ones, for we have the Great Ravine ahead...