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Example Sentences
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“You’re going just twice too fast,” gruffed the cop — 24 mph in a 12-mph zone.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 8, 2022
A Live Nation rep said the city had agreed to a decibel level, but residents gruffed when she couldn’t divulge the actual number.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 27, 2014
Three weeks later, The Lorax huffed and gruffed its way to a $70.1-million opening; and three weeks after that, The Hunger Games shot to a $152.5-million debut, the third highest in domestic history.
From Time • Apr. 6, 2012
Unscathed, the Justice gruffed: "I feel quite chipper."
From Time Magazine Archive
"A moment," gruffed one of the guards with a slight accent.
From The Planet Strappers by Gallun, Raymond Z.
