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roar

[rawr, rohr] / rɔr, roʊr /


NOUN
loud outburst
Synonyms


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It is time to leave the quiet of the museum for the roar of the crowd.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

The supersonic aircraft are a key part of the US's combat arsenal, and produce a notoriously loud roar when they pass by.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 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

In Virginia, they used to hear the dull roar of cars on the beltway in the distance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

After the roar of the earthquake, the silence seemed both comforting and ominous.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret

Delivering the result, Susannah Parden, vice chair of the parish council, said: "We are Piddington the village that roars."

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

Exactly 60 years after Williams’ induction speech on the steps of the Hall of Fame, Baker walked into the Hall and was greeted by the loud roars of another Boston Red Sox legend, David Ortiz.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

The pair have a bit of rivalry with Price's on-stage roars and antics often provoking Littler into doing similar, but the teenager denied that Price can get "under his skin".

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 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

The beast roars again, sending dirt raining down on us.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

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

Fifth last season was reasonable, but it must have felt nightmarish to Hibs fans as Hearts roared on and threatened to win the league.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 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

He’s distracted when he decides to race a comet: “We roared and thundered along side by side, both doing our level best, because I’d never struck a comet before that could lay over me.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

I had known boys who were unpredictable and short-tempered, who roared through life like a whirlwind and never once looked back.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

“We went from kids being total failures to a roaring success,” David Sorbaro said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 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

His family had held off the cremation in the hope that there would be some news of his missing parents, wife and daughter, who were all swept away when the floods came roaring down.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

The roaring success of the exhibition led to a huge transformation in how she was received both in Japan and abroad.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

Finally someone opened the door, and the last they saw of the cat it was roaring down the street, all tangled up in a tablecloth.

From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson




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