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roar

[rawr, rohr] / rɔr, roʊr /


NOUN
loud outburst
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With a cavitating roar, the CrossWave stood up on its tail, throwing Roz backward, her arms wrapped around my neck in a rear naked chokehold.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

The crowd produced an even bigger roar when third-choice quarterback Athan Kaliakmanis - replacing the injured Marcus Mariota - made a 47-yard touchdown pass to Treylon Burks in the third quarter.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Brass bands pound out songs and pop anthems with thumping beats such as Neil Diamond’s “Sweet Caroline” and Robbie Williams’ “Angels” as thousands of voices roar along.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

But these sights are drained of their warmth, depicted with a cold, eerie hum that, when it bleeds into the roar of suffering miles away, becomes a deafening cacophony.

From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2026

The earsplitting roar of the quake that rang in his ears for days.

From "I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964" by Lauren Tarshis

As loud as the dinos may be, the audience roars even louder.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

Lucy Matthews drives a 1994 Jeep Wrangler that doesn’t have air conditioning, roars as loud as a tractor and absolutely guzzles gasoline.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

When the announcement was made that the weather threat had cleared, it was greeted by one of the biggest roars of the night.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026

The result can be heard in songs like the hard-driving “Is It Real?” in which Hollywell roars about mental illness and divine intervention, while Santos coats it all in steel honey.

From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026

That moment it breaks out behind us, swells, roars, and thunders.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

And then it changed, not so completely that Scotland roared and won the game, but they certainly cleared their throats as an attacking force.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

Forty-five years after Formula 1 last roared around Madrid, the Spanish capital is celebrating its return this weekend with a brand-new circuit, accessible from the city centre via only a metro ride.

From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026

My neighbors and I watched in horror as flames roared from the Twin Towers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Jets from nearby LaGuardia Airport roared overhead and trains rumbled alongside the grounds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

He set his fingertip upon my thrumming pulse, and I knew he must feel the same blood that roared in my ears.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

Consumers’ actual spending has remained buoyant, supported by wealth gains from a roaring stock market and by a stable employment backdrop.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

When most comics walk on stage before a roaring audience at a sold-out show, as if they’re the star of their own movie, it is intoxicating for them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Earplugs are encouraged there to guard against the roaring sound from the servers when up close.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

The much more autumnal look to the weather charts at the moment is down to a particularly brisk and straight jet stream roaring through the skies across the Atlantic.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

It was more like a monster deep in the bowels of her belly, roaring and clawing to get out.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas


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