How to pronounce groans
Listen to groans in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“groans” in real sentences
109 clips in the index · 4 American · 68 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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The cabinet secretary groans.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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And there were audible groans from the audience.
Channel 4 News · hear it here
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actually hear audible groans coming from the theater.
The Moth · hear it here
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And the groans around the room were just palpable.
Penguin Books UK · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of groans. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.