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Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.

Groan

Groaned
Like some sad prophet, that foresaw the doom
Of those whom best he loved, and could not save.
—John Dryden

Groans like a cannon-ball.
—Richard Lovelace

Groaneth, like a door on rusty hinges.
—Martin Farquhar Tupper

Groaning like a dying horse.
—William Ward