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
The house band drums intensify, a violin cries and guitar chords growl.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026
Mr. Waits is terrific here, his growl of a voice put to gentle use as a solitary person evidently glad and endearingly nervous to see his children.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 24, 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
She makes a noise, a sort of squeaky growl.
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
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
In his bedroom, Salmon growls and stomps around.
From Slate ● May 10, 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
"It's unfair to lift censorship suddenly," growls a grizzled newspaper editor into the phone, a copy of The Daily Pulp sprawled across his desk.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2025
“Is that my fault? That he couldn’t have a mature conversation with his wife?” she growls.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
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
“She can put up with a lot. She’s never once growled at Lily, snipped — nothing,” Houman said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2024
“I grew up believing in Darwinism,” he growled.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 19, 2023
Klawde swished his tail and growled a little.
From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth
"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
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
They’re playing tough basketball, witness everything growling Marcus Smart does down the stretch, from steals to treys.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 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
The wolf had stopped growling during Jack’s explanation and was now staring thoughtfully into space.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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