snarl

A Metro train derailed in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday, snarling light rail service during the peak of the evening commute.

She’s presenting herself as a sweet, affable wife whose ability to make small talk with important people offers a useful moderating force on her snarling bully of a husband.

They may snarl at strangers or shoplift at the mall.

Several unresolved issues still loom large, and these may yet be snarled in the details as working-level negotiations play out.

But when she sees another dog, everything changes: she snarls, barks loud enough to startle a city block, and lunges with so much force it takes all my strength to hold her back.