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