growling
- present participle of growl.
Example Sentences
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It’s 8 pm on a Thursday and my stomach is growling for food.
From Salon ● Mar. 3, 2026
Later in the record, a growling bass clarinet on “I Need You” makes the jazzy beat sound dangerous, like slow exhalations from a sleeping dragon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 6, 2026
You’ve heard of Goldilocks and the three bears, but not even five growling beasts can disrupt this rally.
From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2025
Neeson gets a chuckle just growling the word “mittens.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2025
Horace Danver and his crew had taken to gathering behind the soddie, talking in low growling whispers that seemed to work them up into a stampeding frenzy.
From "Worth" by A. LaFaye
