Example Sentences

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He's a book-born scarer who knows his Zombie Scares from Werewolf Growls, but he'll struggle come exam time.

From The Guardian • Jun. 10, 2013

With Bellows and Growls, a Band Gets Back to Work Tomahawk sent up a distress flare as its first song at the Best Buy Theater on Sunday night, but with a typically mordant twist.

From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2013

Growls and barks were heard in a fearful chorus.

From The English at the North Pole Part I of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras by Verne, Jules

"My turn," muttered Growls, in that tone which had procured him his name.

From Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty by Crowninshield, Mrs. Schuyler

Growls and long calls echoed from point to point on the spacious grounds, hulloes and echoing answers and the tramp of many feet.

From The Victim A romance of the Real Jefferson Davis by Dixon, Thomas