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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
growl .
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Examples
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"Why, pray God forgive you bein French," growled old Ding-dong, propped against the wheel.
The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea Alfred Ollivant 1900
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A word growled in the darkness would terrify the superstitious Sir
The Brown Mask Percy James Brebner 1893
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“Well,” the captain growled, “I suppose if you were, we’d never get it out of you.”
Blog Fiction | Sci-Fi | Out of the Frying Pan… | Station151 2010
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“Well,” the captain growled, “I suppose if you were, we’d never get it out of you.”
Blog Fiction | Sci-Fi | Out of the Frying Pan… | Station151 2010
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"An 'not unlikely, my brave laddy buck," Haggin growled.
Chapter 2 1917
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His nana was a true believer in taking a dogs food away if it growled, which is wrong, it made her anxious and protective.
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His nana was a true believer in taking a dogs food away if it growled, which is wrong, it made her anxious and protective.
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His nana was a true believer in taking a dogs food away if it growled, which is wrong, it made her anxious and protective.
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I could be wrong but as I recall in Batman Begins Batman 'growled' his lines just a few times but to very strong effect.
All of The Dark Knight's Broken Records - Box Office Dominance! « FirstShowing.net 2008
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After a while, I just kind of growled when another dog walked by.
Lauren Cahn: Open Letter to Obama From Lewis-The-Dog: Go to the Shelter and Rescue a "Mutt Like Me" 2008
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