growl
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The 118-year-old bear, which still has a working growl - now described as "more like a squeak" - was expected to fetch between £300 and £500.
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026
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
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
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
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
This has left fans wondering whether the singer will be able to recreate the distinctive growls and screams which appear in Count Your Blessings.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 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
The bulldog growls and barks at Cocoa from a window.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
Although my stomach growled with anticipation, my heart and mind remained unsettled.
From Salon ● Jan. 10, 2026
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
A dog growled, tugged on its chain and went quiet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 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 8 pm on a Thursday and my stomach is growling for food.
From Salon ● Mar. 3, 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
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
With a discography ranging from growling hardcore to radio-friendly pop-rock to their current foray into post-punk, the band has gone through more musical eras than Taylor Swift while staying remarkably consistent in other ways.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025
I bucked against the crowd’s grasping fingers, growling and kicking like an animal.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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