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Growling

noun

A gruff or angry utterance (suggestive of the growling of an animal).

The sound of growling (as made by animals). Synonym: growl.

Growl

verb

(past & past part. growled; pres. part. growling)

To utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds. Synonyms: grumble, rumble. "Stones grumbled down the cliff"

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"Growling" Quotes from Famous Books

... that moment came the growling of dogs from the sheds. Instantly his face lost its heavy preoccupation, and under his Quaker's mask became the mischievous countenance of a boy. "That's your friends," he said. "Now ...

— Salute to Adventurers • John Buchan

... village was an unexpected point of interest to many would-be mountaineers, who lounged about the place with macintoshes and umbrellas, growling at the weather. Any event out of the common forms a subject of interest to men who wait and have nothing to do. As the party passed them, growlers gazed and speculated as to who the new-comers might be. Some thought Miss Gray pretty; some thought otherwise—to agree on any point on such ...

— Rivers of Ice • R.M. Ballantyne

... sails flapped, she lost her speed, and, as she rose again, the second wave was a moment too quick for her, and its combing crest caught her. The first thing Lucy saw was Jack running from the helm with a loud cry of fear, followed by what looked an arch of fire, but sounded like a lion rushing, growling on its prey, and directly her feet and ankles were in a pool of water. David bounded aft, swearing and splashing through it, and it turned into sparks of white fire flying this way and that. He seized the helm, and discharged a loud volley ...

— Love Me Little, Love Me Long • Charles Reade

... But when the last growling echo had died away, not a sound broke the almost absolute silence on the mountain-side. Evidently not a human soul was near enough to hear or understand his ...

— Camp and Trail - A Story of the Maine Woods • Isabel Hornibrook

... something began growling under the bench: the growl was followed by a hiss. Artyom started, drew up his legs, and looked enquiringly ...

— The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories • Anton Chekhov

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