growl
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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
Mr. Waits is terrific here, his growl of a voice put to gentle use as a solitary person evidently glad and endearingly nervous to see his children.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025
The object of his growl was a journalist who spent two years battling him on the Dodgers beat.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2025
I knelt on my bed, burying my tears into my jacket until I started to growl.
From Slate • May 19, 2025
“Hey, bro,” Zed yelled over the hum of the electric garage door opener and the growl of the lawn mower’s engine as I drove out, “wouldja lend me a coupla bucks?”
From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen
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