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as in to complain
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely
he was growling about how much work he had to do
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as in to roar
to make a long loud deep noise or cry
the neighbor's dog growls every time we pass the house
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Recent Examples of growl
New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2024
This is very similar—the growling wail (my favorite of his three personas) comes on periodically and doesn’t cease for hours.
—Alexei Navalny, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
Robin George Andrews, Quanta Magazine, 12 Sep. 2024
Busta Rhymes held court in his set, an unvanquished master of showmanship, taunting the crowd with his manic growl, with his trusty hype man Spliff Star.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2024
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Verb
This is the first juicy fruits of Alpine's hydrogen combustion development program, a cutting-edge piece of machinery built from the ground up for optimal hydrogen combustion and a signal to the racing masses that there can be beautiful growling, asphalt-shaking life after petrol.
—New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2024
This is very similar—the growling wail (my favorite of his three personas) comes on periodically and doesn’t cease for hours.
—Alexei Navalny, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
Noun
The collapse trigged a monotonous growl that kept going for nine days straight.
—Robin George Andrews, Quanta Magazine, 12 Sep. 2024
Busta Rhymes held court in his set, an unvanquished master of showmanship, taunting the crowd with his manic growl, with his trusty hype man Spliff Star.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for growl
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Auto dealers who sell its products have complained that high prices have left inventories piling up.Melvin Backman, Quartz, 7 Nov. 2024
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The tenants complained of bug bites and a growing roach problem.Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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In the middle of the night, a fire on a playground on Cincinnati's riverfront grew into a roaring fireball that caused significant damage to the Daniel Carter Beard Bridge, a major artery connecting the city to Northern Kentucky.Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 5 Nov. 2024
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As floodwaters roared through remote mountain communities of Western North Carolina, locals raced against time to save each other.John Riley, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
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Derrick Henry rumbles into the end zone for a 6-yard touchdown.Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 3 Nov. 2024
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Songs rumbled, zigzagged, marched, whipsawed, pounced, crawled.Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2024
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Early 2021: Shipping snarls and worker shortages from the coronavirus pandemic continue to hurt the supply April 2021: Inflation rates cross 4% and increase rapidly Early 2022: Energy and food prices spike due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.Trefis Team, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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At the same time, many factors that affect the nation's economic performance are beyond the president's control, from shocks like Russia's invasion of Ukraine to the pandemic's supply-chain snarls, which contributed to the highest U.S. inflation in 40 years.Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 29 Oct. 2024
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When Jonathan swam out to the dinghy, Nicky screamed no.Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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He was allowed to be on that train and even to scream.Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2024
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Advertisement Residents, government officials and experts say the town is a model for coping with dramatic shifts and attribute it to the rural mindset that focuses on fixing, not whining.Seth Borenstein, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2024
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The video shows Daisy standing and staring out the window, whining and panting as a shelter member tries to comfort her.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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Warren wrote: Wounded women and children crying and moaning, horribly mangled by the bullets … Two Indian men were killed in the hole … Seven women were killed … and three children, two of them in their mothers’ arms.Tim Madigan, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
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The officers try to stand him up, but McAlpin – still moaning – cannot stand.Emily Palmer, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024
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Musicians must become actors playing roles, hollering certain motifs and muttering others.Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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Inside the hall, the audience took care to still its usual soundtrack of muttering, shuffling, coughing, and snoring.Justin Davidson, Curbed, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Growl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/growl. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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