- present participle of growl.
growling
Example Sentences
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It’s 8 pm on a Thursday and my stomach is growling for food.
From Salon • Mar. 3, 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
The extraordinary scene with the medium in “Rashomon” stems directly from Noh, with the voice of the dead nobleman distorted into a screeching, growling outburst.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
Neeson gets a chuckle just growling the word “mittens.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2025
The cuco snapped, growling and drooling all over Beefy’s crib, but the baby did not look scared.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
