growl
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The house band drums intensify, a violin cries and guitar chords growl.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026
Sport mode will awaken a growl in the exhaust pipes but that’s not what pays the SL 680’s bills.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
The 118-year-old bear, which still has a working growl - now described as "more like a squeak" - was expected to fetch between £300 and £500.
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026
He speaks with the same measured warmth as ever — that deep, lilting rumble that can shift from conspiratorial murmur to amused growl in a heartbeat — but he sometimes loses a name mid-thought.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2025
In the kitchen, a deep growl rattles the door to the basement.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
This has left fans wondering whether the singer will be able to recreate the distinctive growls and screams which appear in Count Your Blessings.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026
His father growls, “Because of him we have economic confusion.”
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2025
Harrison Ford joined the movement in “1923,” a “Yellowstone” prequel, as a rancher defending his rural paradise from modern forces, who growls, “I do it for the land.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
Tasmanian devils have “noisy, dramatic feeding frenzies filled with growls and screeches” when they gather around a carcass, zoo officials said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2025
She growls and prowls toward a corner where a little rat squeaks wildly.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
Although my stomach growled with anticipation, my heart and mind remained unsettled.
From Salon ● Jan. 10, 2026
The bear growled at him through a vent on the floor of the living room on Tuesday, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2025
The analysts screamed, the fans growled, the internet “internetted.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2023
“I grew up believing in Darwinism,” he growled.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 19, 2023
“And what, pray tell, are you implying?” the wolf growled softly.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
It’s a welcome outlier in terms of production on the set, with a growling, distorted guitar, but Ms. Abrams’s singing doesn’t match the ominous tone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
The voice growling over it belongs to Dana White, the president and CEO of the UFC, who does donuts in a blacked-out performance truck while the slogan lands.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
You’ve heard of Goldilocks and the three bears, but not even five growling beasts can disrupt this rally.
From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2025
Not that he was above modifying his persona for increased popularity — in his early years, he was a “face” before becoming a “heel,” a growling villain renamed Hollywood Hogan.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2025
My own stomach growling, I grabbed a packet of instant oatmeal.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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