aroar
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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We went in a bunch, out of the dressing room and down a dim passage aroar with the distant sound.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
The mountain ranges, stretching majestically north and south, were piled with pearly cumuli, the sky overhead was pure azure, and the wind-swept lake was all aroll and aroar with whitecaps.
From Steep Trails California, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, the Grand Canyon by Muir, John
What a rare wit to set the ring aroar — As Shakespeare says!
From Georgian Poetry 1913-15 by Marsh, Edward Howard, Sir
The great room, ordinarily aroar with life, was still and gloomy as a tomb.
From The Faith of Men by London, Jack
Through that long, long night of dread, While the storm raged overhead, They were waiting by their engines, with the furnace fires aroar.
From Rio Grande's Last Race & Other Verses by Paterson, A. B. (Andrew Barton)
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