snarl
verb (used without object)
to growl threateningly or viciously, especially with a raised upper lip to bare the teeth, as a dog.
snarlingly
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a word derived from
snarl.
Example Sentences
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At one point, Peter snarlingly dismisses the High Evolutionary as just another “impotent wackjob whose mother didn’t love him trying to rationalize why he’s conquering the universe.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2023
But the experience elucidated in Liz Phair’s indie-rock hit is so snarlingly relatable that it’s easy to imagine twentysomething men and women connecting to this song for time immemorial.
From Slate ● Oct. 18, 2018
The pair who play Katharine and Petruchio were once stormily married and are still snarlingly in love, and the cuffing and spitting in their performances are more intense than Shakespeare's script requires.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then the trainer and the judge seized on the snarlingly floundering pair.
From Lad: A Dog by Albert Payson Terhune
Later, as Jan had snarlingly roared in his fourth or fifth attack, his sire's brown eyes had opened wide and he had lain a moment with ears pricked and head well up, at Betty's feet.
From Jan A Dog and a Romance by Norman Rockwell
