grunt
verb (used without object)
to utter the deep, guttural sound characteristic of a hog.
have grunted
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present perfectof grunt.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Natalie might have grunted again, and this time the sound could have gotten lost in the noise of the engine starting up.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
I should have grunted and let him read what he wanted in it.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
"We've got to have," grunted Hazelton, "or else we'll have to walk all the way to our next job."
From The Young Engineers in Nevada Or, Seeking Fortune on the Turn of a Pick by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
"Can't say I have," grunted the previous speaker, a tall cadaverous man, wrapped from head to foot in a great grey ulster, and wearing woollen gloves.
From The Shrieking Pit by Arthur J. (Arthur John) Rees
A century ago, if any one had tried to describe the telephone, people of your sort would have grunted 'Rubbish!'
From The Return of Peter Grimm Novelised From the Play by John Rae
