growl
verb (used without object)
to utter a deep guttural sound of anger or hostility.
have been growling
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present perfect progressiveof growl.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Under any other circumstances there might have been protest, there would have been growling.
From A Soldier's Trial An Episode of the Canteen Crusade by Charles King
She knew that if any one else had dared thus to attack their boy, his father would have been growling and snapping like an angry bear.
From The Fortune Hunter by David Graham Phillips
