growl

Example Sentences

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When Mr. Cameron’s Na’vi growl and bare their teeth at one another, they come across as campy and catty critters—“Real Housewives of Pandora.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 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

That stripped-back, detuned growl became the basis of heavy metal.

From BBC • Jul. 23, 2025

I knelt on my bed, burying my tears into my jacket until I started to growl.

From Slate • May 19, 2025

Nhamo wanted to say she had made up the part about the growl, but it was too late.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer