They both stood on the ladder, which groaned under their weight.

We are told the earth groaned under the weight of the multitude.

He raised himself with great effort, groaning under the pain it caused him.

The dam was groaning under the pressure of water behind it and I knew what that meant.

When he set it down on the porch, the boards groaned under the weight.

The wood groaned under the pressure of her weight, which was by no means great.

Sometimes he would keep to his bed for weeks together, groaning under imaginary complaints.

When she moved, the bar and the floor groaned under her weight.

They all groan under the weight of books needed for the current volume.

The existing legal system is already groaning under the weight of demands.