growl
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"She actually let out a growl when she stepped forward," Pauline says.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
Mr. Chatten’s baritone voice, delivered with a growl and processed to sound as if it’s transmitting from a crackly pirate radio station, recalls Curtis’s tone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Then Curry, undulating ever so slightly, delivers his first lines in a cavernous register, seated someplace between a purr and a growl.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
During their live sets, Shane will usually take the mic to growl through the Bad Brains’ speedy “Big Takeover,” pacing the stage and banging his head.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
And if another dog gets in your face, you growl and right away the other dog backs off.
From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee
I’m about to dismiss this guide as a wuss when a sudden burst of deafening growls just beyond the edge of our campsite lends credence to his words.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
My days are filled with the beeps and growls of bulldozers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2025
His father growls, “Because of him we have economic confusion.”
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2025
"It's unfair to lift censorship suddenly," growls a grizzled newspaper editor into the phone, a copy of The Daily Pulp sprawled across his desk.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2025
The rhino hybrid growls, its massive muscles bulging.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
“Jameson never bared his teeth, growled at either officer, or otherwise displayed any attempt whatsoever to attack,” the lawsuit stated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026
Lyra and I sat there in the dark as a cello growled, a saxophone blared, and cosmic waves of sound washed over us.
From Slate ● Apr. 8, 2024
“Let’s do this,” he growled, handing me a to-go mug full of coffee as he slid into our car's driver’s seat and turned over the engine.
From Salon ● Dec. 23, 2023
“I grew up believing in Darwinism,” he growled.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 19, 2023
Churro saw the alligator too and growled, and Natalie quickly clapped a hand over the little dog’s mouth.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
"I can't read instruction manuals, but I've watched YouTube tutorials," he says, generating a growling bass line that sounds like the dawning of the apocalypse.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 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
Lane’s Willy is both a paternal tyrant and a wounded bear, growling if anyone interrupts him yet unable to conceal his soft underbelly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 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
He runs back and forth, growling at us.
From "Betty Before X" by Ilyasah Shabazz and Renée Watson
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