Example Sentences

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He can eat half an avocado in one sitting and then will grunt for more and try to rip it from our hands.

From Slate • Apr. 12, 2019

Come fall, bulldozers will grunt across the grounds, toppling the tall cypresses and pepperwoods.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Ja, tell me more," he will grunt, and almost never flatly contradicts anyone.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then he will grunt warningly or show an ear or a lashing tail above the reeds, and instantly every one is in a state of intense expectancy.

From In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country by McCutcheon, John T.

Pigs, too, will grunt loudly and cavort about uneasily in their pens, carrying bits of straw from their bedding in their mouths, before a heavy rainstorm.

From Girl Scouts in the Adirondacks by Roy, Lillian Elizabeth