grunt

He doesn’t talk so much as click, growl and grunt as if clinging to life.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

But unlike last time, Bath found a response as their reinforcements from the bench added grunt.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

After getting her first job, she says, "I raised my hand for a lot of the grunt work that other people didn't want to do and I built connections as I went along."

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

In a gangster movie we’d call it muscle: large men with misshapen heads who do the grunt work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

Suddenly, the cub sprang up with a tense grunt.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

Like all the other animals, he expresses himself through bleats, grunts and hugely dynamic facial expressions - which is part of his global appeal.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

The hope is to become a "big fish" who mediates between the grunts and those with cash, maybe even entering polite society.

From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026

Of course, the Patriots won their six Super Bowls with Tom Brady and Grumpy Lobster Boat Captain Bill Belichick, who built a dynastic partnership before it fizzled in a fog of grunts and perceived slights.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 26, 2026

When he wasn’t examining extinct rodent-like skulls in Uruguay, Darwin remarked on “ludicrous” looking capybara making “peculiar” grunts.

From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2024

She heard the low, soft, rhythmic grunts of the females and cooing of the infants, the rumble of the males, with now and then a challenging bark.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

He grunted as West and three men transferred him from the small plane to the truck.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025

As the video from the event shows, he threw his back into it, taxing himself enough that he grunted from the exertion.

From Salon ● Jan. 22, 2025

On another pitch, Ohtani grunted during a swing at a pitch he seemingly popped up — only to watch it carry just beyond the wall in left-center field.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2024

Sitting in the gallery, Peterson shook his head and grunted in disagreement during Brill’s argument.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 18, 2023

The mate came over and shook him, and he grunted and rubbed his face.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

With the match on serve, Sabalenka was hit with a hindrance call for grunting, triggering a long video review and boos.

From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026

He plays it in a way that’s equal parts grunting and scatting and which, as Kirk biographer John Kruth has noted, was essentially adopted wholesale by rock star Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 1, 2026

You could choose Homer Simpson grunting “D’oh!” or Eddie Van Halen shredding part of “Eruption.”

From Slate ● Aug. 12, 2025

We traded points, pounding out volleys, firing rounds at the net, reacting quickly, lunging, grunting, all of us panting.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2025

He would scream like someone had slapped a branding iron on him, and start jumping up and down, and making those deep grunting noises.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls