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Growl   /graʊl/   Listen
Growl

noun
1.
The sound of growling (as made by animals).  Synonym: growling.
verb
(past & past part. growled; pres. part. growling)
1.
To utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds.  Synonyms: grumble, rumble.  "Stones grumbled down the cliff"



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"Growl" Quotes from Famous Books



... and the ruff on the back of his neck began to rise. He uttered a low, reverberating bark. It was almost a growl and it sounded threatening. He dashed down the ...
— Six Little Bunkers at Mammy June's • Laura Lee Hope
 
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... upon their consolidated shadow of love under the wild-cucumber vine which wreathed over the trellis-hood of the door. The girl gave a little shriek and a giggle, the man, partly pushed, partly of his own volition, started away from her and stood up with an incoherent growl of greeting. ...
— The Debtor - A Novel • Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
 
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... your pardon," said Mr. Poole, with an angry growl. "I have no need to force myself on any man. But I beg you to believe that if I presumed to seek your acquaintance, it was to do you a service sir—yes, a private service, sir." He lowered his voice into a whisper, and laid his finger on his nose: "There's ...
— What Will He Do With It, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton
 
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... depends our liberty; on freedom of conscience depends our progress. Tory squires and lordlings have defied the people and measured their strength against the masses. Let the masses speak." But there was no need to make appeals, for the outrage itself caused so swiftly a growl of anger that on the very next day the prisoner was set free, and there came protest upon protest against the high-handed action of the House. In Westminster Hall 4,000 people gathered to cheer Mr. Bradlaugh when he came to the House on the day after his liberation. ...
— Annie Besant - An Autobiography • Annie Besant
 
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... her considerably. A man was lying face downwards on the brink of the stream, fishing about in the water, with one arm bared to the shoulder. He must have heard Romeo's warning growl, but he paid not the slightest attention to it. Priscilla watched him with keen interest. She ...
— The Swindler and Other Stories • Ethel M. Dell
 
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