growl
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Dodd recites it from memory in Wolverine’s voice with a growl.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 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
That voice is all purr and growl, like a lion clawing its way through velvet.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2025
She dropped into her gravelly Cookie Monster growl for the answer: “Brown food tastes good.”
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2025
He didn’t flinch or growl at him, so he continued comforting the poor being.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
A convoy of white and black turbaned mullahs in camouflage, guns strapped across their chests, growls past in a parade of motorcycles - another startling moment of this night.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026
His father growls, “Because of him we have economic confusion.”
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2025
Harrison Ford joined the movement in “1923,” a “Yellowstone” prequel, as a rancher defending his rural paradise from modern forces, who growls, “I do it for the land.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
“What can I do about my dreams?” it growls, an apt lyric for the singularly inventive and unmanageable fever of a movie that shares its name.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2025
The bulldog growls and barks at Cocoa from a window.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
Lyra and I sat there in the dark as a cello growled, a saxophone blared, and cosmic waves of sound washed over us.
From Slate ● Apr. 8, 2024
“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
“Let’s do this,” he growled, handing me a to-go mug full of coffee as he slid into our car's driver’s seat and turned over the engine.
From Salon ● Dec. 23, 2023
The analysts screamed, the fans growled, the internet “internetted.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2023
Churro saw the alligator too and growled, and Natalie quickly clapped a hand over the little dog’s mouth.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
It’s a welcome outlier in terms of production on the set, with a growling, distorted guitar, but Ms. Abrams’s singing doesn’t match the ominous tone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
I’ll base entire trips off a craving for a specific flavor or dish that pops up in my dreams, leaving my stomach growling in the morning.
From Salon ● Nov. 15, 2025
You’ve heard of Goldilocks and the three bears, but not even five growling beasts can disrupt this rally.
From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2025
Neeson gets a chuckle just growling the word “mittens.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2025
“But—” Fred started, because he could hear the angry dogs growling inside the motel room.
From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein
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