groans

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Examples

Egoism is like cotton stuffed in one's ears so as not to hear the groans of others. Henryk Sienkiewicz

It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach. Franklin D. Roosevelt

I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation. War is hell. William Tecumseh Sherman

It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, more vengeance, more desolation. War is hell. William Tecumseh Sherman

In the lost battle, Borne down by the flying, Where mingles war's rattle With groans of the dying. Walter Scott

Small ills are the fountains of most of our groans. Men trip not on mountains, they stumble on stones. Chinese Proverb