growled

NOUN

animal-like sound

Synonyms

STRONGEST

grunt howl moan rumble

STRONG

bark bellow gnarl grumble roar roll snarl thunder

WEAK

gnarr

Example Sentences

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Growled her hosts: “Rooms ain’t free In our BearBNB!”

From Washington Post • Sep. 6, 2018

Growled Brookfield's director: "OPA hasn't anything to say about giraffes."

From Time Magazine Archive

Growled Goldberg sheepishly: "My God, a guy has to read the funny papers to find out what's going on around here."

From Time Magazine Archive

Growled Joe McCarthy: Stassen's stand was "the most unheard of thing I have seen."

From Time Magazine Archive

Growled at it so it knew what that felt like.

From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds