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aroar

American  
[uh-rawr, uh-rohr] / əˈrɔr, əˈroʊr /

adjective

  1. making a lot of noise; roaring.


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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

What a rare wit to set the ring aroar — As Shakespeare says!

From Georgian Poetry 1913-15 by Sir Edward Howard Marsh

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 John Muir

The great room, ordinarily aroar with life, was still and gloomy as a tomb. 

From The Faith of Men by Jack London

And lo, here was love tearing him by the throat till he choked; an exquisite torture, a rampant passion, a devastating flame, that most glorified when it burned most deeply, aroar and ablaze forevermore.

From Queed by Raymond Moreau Crosby

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