growl
verb (used without object)
to utter a deep guttural sound of anger or hostility.
had been growling
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past perfect progressiveof growl.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Though she’d brought three of her makeshift weapons, she’d found no trace of whatever had been growling and screeching last night.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
The thunder, which had been growling in the distance, swept forward and roared above the town.
From The House with the Green Shutters by George Douglas Brown
All this time Master Black-and-Gray had been growling fiercely—his entire small body quivering under the strain of producing this martial sound.
From Jan A Dog and a Romance by Norman Rockwell
The thunder which had been growling before now crashed continually like batteries of great guns, and the lightning flashed so fast that there was a rapid alternation of dazzling glare and impervious blackness.
From The Texan Star The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler
The bear had been growling uneasily at her side, and when he saw La Pommeraye's hand touch his mistress, he gave a savage growl, and was about to spring upon the intruder.
From Marguerite De Roberval A Romance of the Days of Jacques Cartier by T. G. Marquis
