Examples of growl in a Sentence

Verb I could hear a dog growling behind me. My stomach's been growling all morning. “What do you want?” he growled. He's always growling about the government. Noun The dog gave a menacing growl. He answered my question with a growl. We could hear a growl of thunder in the distance. See More

Recent Examples on the Web: Verb Birch Aquarium is selling the naming rights to its Little Blue Penguins for $50,000 apiece to help underwrite a habitat for the seabirds, which tirelessly growl, squawk, screech and peep. — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2022 The result is beef that’s tender without going mealy, its long, willowy fibers holding on to broth and spices that growl like chili but come back to a happier place with high aromatics like the red side of the spice cabinet. — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Nov. 2021 Dear Miss Manners: While waiting in line at a restaurant, my stomach began to growl. — Washington Post, 28 June 2021 Sensing the commotion and chaos, Aries began to hiss and growl. — Brett Steenbarger, Forbes, 20 May 2021 Both times, Brandon continues to defend his family’s values, or as Sheldon would growl, the Code. — Leah Marilla Thomas, refinery29.com, 10 May 2021 Jackie may not growl though, and instead, have a blank expression across her face. — Cathy M. Rosenthal, ExpressNews.com, 6 Nov. 2020 Dogs, or something like them, growl in the shadows. — Alex Kane, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2020 But once Bluestein started working from home, Dottie began to growl at passersby. — Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2020 Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Still, even when Bale’s low growl was almost unintelligible, this characterization was a tour de force. — Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2019 This cub doesn't know it yet, but one day, his little roar will turn into a powerful growl. — Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 6 Apr. 2022 When a tornado touched down Tuesday night in Arabi, La., the growl of the twister and swirl of flying debris didn’t last more than 15 seconds. — Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2022 Loud sounds in air—the growl of thunder or crash of a falling tree—would have been powerful enough to penetrate the skull and stimulate the inner ear. — David George Haskell, Wired, 8 Mar. 2022 Promising hints of that emerge here, but not yet enough to turn up the dramatic tension beyond a low growl. — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 6 Feb. 2022 On the beach, two alpha males tussled, one using his chest and large, trunklike nose (hence the name elephant seal) to push away a rival, while adding a final rumbling growl to intimidate — or maybe just taunt — the loser. — Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2022 Rebuffed, the man lowered his voice to a whispering growl and talked inaudibly for several minutes. — Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2022 Backhoes and heavy construction equipment growl in the distance while cliff swallows, which are already nesting in the roof of the nearby amphitheater, chirp and flutter overhead. — Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Oct. 2021 See More

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