grunt

Example Sentences

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Their hooves clatter as they canter over the asphalt, and many of them can be heard grunting and snorting as they thunder across the bridge.

From Seattle Times

“There are not many groups doing the granular grunt work needed to understand how these viruses emerge and transfer to humans.”

From Los Angeles Times

And so ensues much punching and grunting and kicking and gouging and shooting, and shooting, and shooting.

From Los Angeles Times

The only sounds left for the night were the grunts of work going into the heavy bag.

From Los Angeles Times

Sometimes when he’s nursing he gets in an uncomfortable spot, so he’ll make little grunts to get his mom’s attention to reposition him.

From Washington Post