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growl

[groul] / graʊl /




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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

He speaks with the same measured warmth as ever — that deep, lilting rumble that can shift from conspiratorial murmur to amused growl in a heartbeat — but he sometimes loses a name mid-thought.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2025

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

From Slate • May 19, 2025

With another low growl, Sigurd grabbed the horse’s reins in one giant fist.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack




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