growl

Example Sentences

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When Mr. Cameron’s Na’vi growl and bare their teeth at one another, they come across as campy and catty critters—“Real Housewives of Pandora.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 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

I knelt on my bed, burying my tears into my jacket until I started to growl.

From Slate • May 19, 2025

An ominous rumbling comes from behind the door, like a warning growl of thunder.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer