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
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
She dropped into her gravelly Cookie Monster growl for the answer: “Brown food tastes good.”
From Salon • Sep. 4, 2025
The wind picked up as the sun went behind a cloud, and there was a growl of thunder.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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