gruff
Example Sentences
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He brings gravity along with those gruffs and growls.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 15, 2020
"Know this, woman," gruffs Wayne, looking about as uncomfortable as a right tackle caught reading Swinburne, "I take you fer wife."
From Time Magazine Archive
"The news isn't sacred to me," Imus gruffs to a reporter.
From Time Magazine Archive
Vocabulary lists containing gruff
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