Example Sentences

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I should have grunted and let him read what he wanted in it.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

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

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 Rae, John

"And I'm not sure that I did have," grunted Dalzell.

From Dave Darrin's Fourth Year at Annapolis by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)

"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 Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)