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growl

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noun

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Recent Examples of growl
Verb
The 120-pound canine's confusion resulted in a growl and a warning bite, Kashen told Newsweek via TikTok. Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025 Even the cats and the larger dog weren’t safe from her protective growls. Ashley Vega, People.com, 11 July 2025
Noun
The scene’s amniotic shoppe Muzak is suddenly overridden by a deep, growling synth. Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2025 Go grab your passport, a wad of bail money, and enough thirst for wine that growls at history and food that tastes like the ocean punched you in the mouth. John Noakes, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for growl
Recent Examples of Synonyms for growl
Verb
  • Gil complained that the mound was slick, and the grounds crew came out to work on it in between innings.
    Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Although the underlings complained about my methods, the cartel leaders, like Pedro and his boss, El Viejo, a key deputy of Pablo Escobar, were on my side.
    Martin Suarez, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The chain of landforms to the west of Kauai is so small that it was not easily spotted in the satellite images taken as Kiko roared across the Pacific toward Hawaii as a Category 4 hurricane.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The drummer playfully taps out a beat to match the roaring engine.
    Jonathan Hawkins, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Facing a third-and-25 after a big penalty, Keller pulled out the tricks with a throwback pass from Brock Meek to Burkett, who rumbled 48 yards to the Texans’ 2-yard line.
    Jordan Neal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Lions rumbled somewhere far off.
    Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Some state laws also prevent pharmacists from administering vaccines that haven’t been recommended by ACIP—a snarl that’s prompted pharmacies to limit access to COVID vaccines in more than a dozen states.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2025
  • There’s the merchandise snarl that ensues when Cole Caufield decides to swap out his No. 22 for No. 13 to honor the memory of Johnny Gaudreau.
    Carol Schram, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Witnesses screamed in horror and fled for cover after the bullet struck Kirk in the neck.
    Michael Ruiz , Peter D'Abrosca , Julia Bonavita , Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , David Spunt , CB Cotton, FOXNews.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Broadcast and cable networks like CNN did show some of the footage, but stopped the images and ran only audio, with the sounds of those in the crowd screaming.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The cats kept them up each night with their incessant whining and scratching at their doors.
    Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
  • In lesser hands, such a question, especially from a young white male who plays guitar for a living, could come off as whining.
    Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Julia says, dropping to all fours and moaning amid a pile of straw on the floor.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Ellis could be heard moaning and could be seen lying on the ground.
    Elena Santa Cruz, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Although full disclosure, those two words were muttered in the press box Sunday after Nix had thrown two unsightly picks through the first three quarters of the Broncos’ win over Tennessee.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2025
  • There are few actors whose disembodied voices could carry long stretches of cinema, but Dafoe manages it, turning monologues about marionette mechanics or muttered complaints about hotel politics into something weirdly magnetic.
    Leila Latif, IndieWire, 31 Aug. 2025

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“Growl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/growl. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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