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roar

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verb

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of roar
Noun
Very few Canucks got a roar from the crowd as loud as Cootes during the team’s pregame player introductions. Harman Dayal, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025 Scully said nothing more for 40 seconds, allowing a national audience to hear the San Diego crowd’s roar on this Wednesday night. Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
The breakup, though, has brought her own personal frustrations roaring back with the prospect of perhaps turning coach, something that seemed unthinkable in her current life as wife and mom. Pete Hammond, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2025 The male gaze came roaring back this summer. Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for roar
Recent Examples of Synonyms for roar
Noun
  • First, despite tabloid headlines about Leto, such noise doesn’t factor into moviegoers’ decisions to buy or not buy a ticket; it could be argued most were not even in the know of the June Air Mail exposé on his alleged behavior.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The outlet reported that noise from the construction was also audible on the White House's campus.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Cutlery, rattles and cups are among the most popular choices as keepsake gifts for newborns.
    Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
  • This siren’s song arises from the murmur of doves on an Arizona stock tank and the rattle of Indiana cornstalks.
    Jim Moore, Outdoor Life, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Signs of sass becoming a problem include growling or snapping, guarding objects, ignoring basic commands persistently, or biting and destroying items.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
  • This mobile bar crisscrosses the room’s checkerboard floor with the growling rumble of a subway train.
    Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • To their right, a woman raised her hand, jabbing her index finger forward and shouting.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Perry shouted into her microphone.
    Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Years later, my mother laughed at this attitude of mine.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Victoria asks her husband, laughing.
    Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Frehley picks up on the drummer’s simmering syncopation hereand unleashes a banshee-like howl of a solo that still clings to the band’s rhythm.
    A.D. Amorosi, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The long recess has drawn howls of protest from Democratic leaders, who have returned to Washington to demand negotiations that might lead to a bipartisan spending bill that could reopen the government.
    Mike Lillis, The Hill, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Now, how about that chatter about a possible WBD bid?
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Glenn's winless start through the first six games has caused chatter to begin in the media about the possibility that New York could move on from Glenn before next season.
    Jordan Sigler, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Slivers of ice were beginning to form along the waterline of our boat, which was tied up just above the rapids that rumble down into Boot Lake.
    Bob Cary, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2025
  • But for a 336-pound player to block a kick attempt, recover the ball and rumble 61 yards for a touchdown?
    Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025

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“Roar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roar. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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