verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a dog growls (= makes a long deep angry sound )
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The dog growled at me as I walked towards it.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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""Come over here and say that,'' he growled.
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"Leave that alone," she growled.
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He walked into the house, growled a few words at my mother and then went upstairs to bed.
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Their dog growls at everyone.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Barnabas dashed down the stairs and crouched by the mail slot, growling.
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Instead, after work my stomach was always growling.
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Martin, growling savagely at the yobs, daring them to interfere.
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The sun came and went, thunder clouds growling and swirling up the valley.
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The thin man complained and continued to argue but no-one took notice but Michael, who growled tersely at his cowardice.
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The wolves are growling right outside our walls, and the gate damn well better hold.
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When it got older it got real fat and started to growl at me.