The inaugural balls all but groan beneath the weight of forced merriment.
2.
Guadalupe groans beneath the scourges of poverty and crime; gang graffiti markings call mockingly from the walls.
3.
The board does not groan beneath a mass of dull and unpolished silver set on by panting servitors; the weight lies rather in the conversation than in the plate; there is either sensible talk or none.
4.
He tells her of the sin he has witnessed ( " Vidi dovunque gemere " " Everywhere I saw virtue groan beneath the oppressor's yoke " ) and then notices that her wedding ring is not on her finger.