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is grunting

  • present progressive
    of grunt (3rd person singular).
    grunt
    verb (used without object)
    to utter the deep, guttural sound characteristic of a hog.

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Indeed, there is a deep-seated perfectionism to everything Antetokounmpo does, whether he is grunting through contact drills more than two hours before tip-off or describing recent tweaks to his shooting mechanics.

From Washington Post Nov. 7, 2019

Papa is grunting, groaning and snoring in the library—the result of twenty brace of moor-grouse.

From The Letter-Bag of Lady Elizabeth Spencer-Stanhope — Volume 1 by A. M. W. Stirling