growl
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Then Curry, undulating ever so slightly, delivers his first lines in a cavernous register, seated someplace between a purr and a growl.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
Dodd recites it from memory in Wolverine’s voice with a growl.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
When Mr. Cameron’s Na’vi growl and bare their teeth at one another, they come across as campy and catty critters—“Real Housewives of Pandora.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
"I'd forget I was dressed as Salt, he'd growl and I'd think: 'Oh yeah, I'm blue'."
From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2025
He remembered two black eyes, a low growl interrupting the stillness of the jungle.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
In addition to worrying about his ill daughter, Bach mutters and growls about the Prussian troops rampaging through his town.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
The backroom that Goth Yoga LA calls home is all black paint, purple lights and sage-y smells; music growls ominously from the speaker system above.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2026
This has left fans wondering whether the singer will be able to recreate the distinctive growls and screams which appear in Count Your Blessings.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026
“I’m just trying to get me and my kids out of this town before it explodes,” growls Mary when Valerie presses her to punch up one of Al’s substandard scripts.
From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2026
Angry growls and the rending of grass from beneath the net on the ground heralded Constance’s awakening.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
Although my stomach growled with anticipation, my heart and mind remained unsettled.
From Salon ● Jan. 10, 2026
TAYBEH, West Bank — The three military vehicles growled to a stop in front of Zaher Ibrahim’s elegant two-story home in this village in the occupied West Bank.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2025
“I grew up believing in Darwinism,” he growled.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 19, 2023
After a vet visit in which four techs held him down to draw blood, he growled at me anytime I came near.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2023
To make things worse, Old Rowdy growled way down deep, and started walking around stiff-legged, like when he was getting ready for a fight.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
"I can't read instruction manuals, but I've watched YouTube tutorials," he says, generating a growling bass line that sounds like the dawning of the apocalypse.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
And out of nowhere, Seehorn gives me a taste of Carol, growling the words, “Can you just get it?” with such ferocity that I’m almost physically blown back in my chair.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
The voice growling over it belongs to Dana White, the president and CEO of the UFC, who does donuts in a blacked-out performance truck while the slogan lands.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
Later in the record, a growling bass clarinet on “I Need You” makes the jazzy beat sound dangerous, like slow exhalations from a sleeping dragon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 6, 2026
I pressed a hand over my growling stomach.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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