growl

Example Sentences

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It came to life with the inimitable growl of a vintage straight four that took me back to my teenage self with a rush of sadness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

As a child, Lulu modelled herself on James Brown and Big Mama Thornton – gritty R&B singers who lent their grit and growl to Lulu's version of Shout.

From BBC • Sep. 23, 2025

She dropped into her gravelly Cookie Monster growl for the answer: “Brown food tastes good.”

From Salon • Sep. 4, 2025

Its enormous, melancholy and melodic sound pulls from electronic music, jazz, hip-hop and ambient, landing between the dazed crunch of Deftones and growl of Meshuggah, sharing Gen Z’s genre-agnostic outlook.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2025

I’m growling before I even think to growl, that’s how angry I am.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz