growl
verb (used without object)
to utter a deep guttural sound of anger or hostility.
are growling
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present progressiveof growl.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Too many American heroes are growling, gravelly, and grim, dealing with gigantic moral crises and planet-shattering threats, and giving up any ability to enjoy the novelty of discovery, or the sheer giddiness of power.
From The Verge ● Jun. 29, 2017
“In one corner, sheep are grazing and doves are fluttering. In the other, wild dogs are growling, yearning to mangle anything that gets in their way.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 25, 2016
A score of bright yellow bulldozers, scrapers and earthmovers are growling back and forth, tossing up giant dust clouds as they level the site for shaft sinking.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bands are getting louder, lyrics more aggressive; voices are growling.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Me? Ha! You must be thinking of that fellow in Kolkata—the miracle worker. You are growling up the wrong bush, my boy, as the English like to say.”
From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins
