I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a crowd roars (= shouts in a very excited way )
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As the band appeared the crowd roared in approval.
a roaring fire (= a fire that is burning strongly )
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I sat by the roaring fire and dried off.
a roar/murmur/chorus of approval
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There were murmurs of approval from the crowd.
let out a scream/cry/roar etc
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He let out a cry of disbelief.
roar with laughter (= laugh very noisily )
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The crowd roared with laughter.
the roar/rumble/hum of traffic
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The only noise was the distant rumble of traffic on the coastal road.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
ahead
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Banks, builders, brewers, stores and leisure stocks roared ahead .
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The shares roared ahead 34p to 633p.
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And Sun Microsystems, the Mountain View computer workstation maker, roared ahead 5 to 55.
away
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The police car revved up and roared away .
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After a nearly 30-minute wait, her bus came, and she smiled and waved as it roared away .
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Take off in the Lincoln Continental or roar away out of town in the Transam and it was worse.
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We had heard yells and wailing as a car roared away .
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That, too, roared away .
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The late afternoon sun flashed again on red and chrome as he roared away .
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A few moments later Merrill heard his car start, then roar away into the night.
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Then as they roared away they machine-gunned the buildings.
back
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The County Ground fans were in despair but Swindon roared back with 2 goals in 6 minutes.
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But in the nineties that behavior has roared back to life.
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Peter Alliss reckoned it was probably the end for Ballesteros if he hadn't come roaring back by 1992.
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Still, the ritzy Back Bay has come roaring back, with historic row houses selling in the millions again.
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The pace the pattern was set seconds later, as Oxford roared back with their first attack.
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Oakland collected 11 penalties to roar back into the league lead, with 86.
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City roared back with tries from Kirkup and Kevin McCallum but it was too late.
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With a perversity that the pest has become known for, the gypsy moth came roaring back a couple of years later.
by
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And his electrically-powered Sungift 400 buggy was nearly blown over every time a juggernaut roared by .
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The train roared by above, the cars blurry blue blocks.
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As he roared by , the man never saw me or stopped blabbing into his cellular telephone.
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Her small sports car trembled and swayed as the monster roared by .
down
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The whole point about chaos is that it roars down on you when you least expect it, like a motorcycle messenger.
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This was what it must be like on a toboggan roaring down the snowy slope of a mountainside.
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She was watching the road as we roared down a slight incline at all of seventy.
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Something roared down in the swamp.
off
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The Derby defender was signing autographs outside the ground when he suddenly broke away and roared off home.
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Mooney called as they roared off .
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We roared off down the road from the village in the direction of the River Orne.
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She said something and then he roared off .
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The other one jumped into the driver's seat and the car roared off as if they were going to a fire.
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Again the Friendship roared off down the harbor, and again the pontoons remained glued to the water.
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After she had roared off , it was one of those days when I had the house to myself.
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The big trimotor gathered speed and roared off down the harbor for more than a mile but never got close to liftoff.
out
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Fire roared out of a metal drum at the roadside.
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Miguel roared out of the parking space.
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Gloucester were roared out and that was where the hospitality finished.
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A speeding subway train startled them as it roared out of its tunnel like a metal earthworm.
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The day he stood alone, by himself, without holding on, he roared out his triumph.
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Jimmy and Troy ran to their cars, and roared out after them.
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The static roared out from the earphones, stronger than ever.
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But Polyphemus roared out that he cared not for Zeus.
■ NOUN
approval
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You lift the black hat and put the effluent inside, pull his arm and he roars his approval .
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The nearly all-white crowd of Christians roared their approval .
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The studio audience at the Sally Jessy Raphael show roared approval .
car
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The police car revved up and roared away.
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The car roared past, its gun still barking as the car made a vicious turn down Longwood.
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The other one jumped into the driver's seat and the car roared off as if they were going to a fire.
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We had heard yells and wailing as a car roared away.
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The car roared past, then continued out of sight.
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Jimmy and Troy ran to their cars , and roared out after them.
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They stopped at the Zebra Crossing and Pete watched the big lorries and buses and cars roar past.
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A few moments later Merrill heard his car start, then roar away into the night.
crowd
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Hot on his heels were folk duo Tascam, whose rousing medley had the crowd roaring in appreciation.
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The crowd roared , all rooting for Roosevelt.
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The crowd roars as Red leaves the court.
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The crowd roars . joe smiles.
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The nearly all-white crowd of Christians roared their approval.
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The crowd roared again, and Sen.
engine
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The car engine roared again and the red car moved off but it didn't go far.
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Ezra dropped the mooring, the engine roared , the bow rose above the water and the land pulled away.
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At the same moment in which they heard the engine roar the things began going off.
fire
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The huge fire roaring in the hall beyond the small entrance chamber warmed her not at all.
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A huge fire is roaring already.
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As he did so, the three fire tenders roared in through the newly created gap.
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Inside, a big angry fire is roaring and its flames burn everything in sight until I have another job.
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The fire had roared itself out and the ash in the centre flushed up grey with each entry and lay over everything.
laughter
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To fill the gap he roared with laughter at his own witty fashion of dealing with ethics.
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He roared with laughter and went about his business.
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They roar with laughter at the funny bits.
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One minute they were sitting there looking self-conscious and the next they were roaring with laughter .
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He roared with laughter , and got up to refill his mug.
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Mycroft flung back his head and roared with laughter .
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She would have roared with laughter .
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She roared with laughter , and so did everyone else.
life
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It was even Steven in the second half, but towards the end Gloucester roared into life .
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But in the nineties that behavior has roared back to life .
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I got out, kicked it twice and the baby roared into life .
lion
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Amos himself puts the matter with telling simplicity: The lion has roared: who will not fear?
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But the lion roaring at the head of the table most often was Joe himself.
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Too late, for as they spoke their captive became a lion , roaring and glaring terribly.
rage
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In an outhouse the Rottweiler roared his rage at the intrusion.
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What toys birds are when stags roar and roar their month-long rage of thunderstorm and waterfall combined.
wind
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It was immediately surrounded by a glowing octarine corona as the rising magical wind roared past.
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He rolled across the grass and lay for a minute in total, unrelieved darkness, the wind roaring in his ears.
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The wind roars , the seas howl.
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The wind roared around the house, moving the curtains and rattling pictures on the wall.
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He was aware of the wind roaring in his ears and tearing at his clothes.
■ VERB
come
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Fiona, two years older than Lisbie, always came roaring to her defence like a lioness protecting her cubs.
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To say that events came roaring pell-mell at Brohm is the understatement of the week.
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Peter Alliss reckoned it was probably the end for Ballesteros if he hadn't come roaring back by 1992.
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Still, the ritzy Back Bay has come roaring back, with historic row houses selling in the millions again.
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Ray came roaring in to get me and we took to each other right away.
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With a perversity that the pest has become known for, the gypsy moth came roaring back a couple of years later.
hear
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I hear their planes roar overhead, leaving a trail of snow across the sky.
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He heard the Rover roar around the corner, accelerate past, then squeal to a stop and whine back in reverse.
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Hell, you ought to hear my trucks roar .
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At the same moment in which they heard the engine roar the things began going off.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be a roaring success
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As this is the framework, the issue will be a roaring success.
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The final week of Hamlet was a roaring success.
come to life/roar into life/splutter into life etc
do a roaring trade (in sth)
roaring drunk
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They were all roaring drunk and kept singing bawdy songs.
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I was twenty-three years old, and he got me roaring drunk.
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In some of the villages, apparently, vampire hunters get roaring drunk first.
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Never an unwise investment, never stone roaring drunk, never a pass at a secretary.
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So that night they celebrated, getting roaring drunk, playing cards and gambling.
roaring fire
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A roaring fire was in the grate and the room was pleasantly warm.
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He was acutely aware of everything that had gone on in front of the then roaring fire.
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I built a roaring fire in the stove and baked some potatoes.
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The aristocrats would be the kindling for a roaring fire fueled by the fats of social exploitation.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"Get down and don't move,'' the man roared at her.
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"I don't need to listen to this," roared Maxie.
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"You idiot!" he roared.
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I stood by the waterfall, almost hypnotised by the roaring water.
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Suddenly the teacher roared my name across the classroom.
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The Ferrari roared and shot off down the road.
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The lions roared in their cages.
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The wind roared through the forest.
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There was the sound of a siren and several police cars roared past.
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Traffic roared along the highway.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Audience response is shattering - like a massive, roaring animal.
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Balfour slammed his canary-yellow, industrial vacuum truck into gear and roared after the varmint in a cloud of choking brown dust.
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Soon they were between vertical walls and the river was roaring mud.
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The wind howled and the surf continued to roar as we explored beyond our landing point; we visited a ruined chapel.
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The winds shifted and the fire, jumping from treetop to treetop, roared toward them.
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They stopped at the Zebra Crossing and Pete watched the big lorries and buses and cars roar past.
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This was what it must be like on a toboggan roaring down the snowy slope of a mountainside.
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Without hesitation, the assembled citizens roared assent.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
great
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Wave after wave of starlings take off at short 2-3 minute intervals, with a great roar of whirring wings.
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He lifted his hands to signal for more and was answered with an even greater roar .
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Then they swept past with a great roar of engines, and there seemed to be a voice shouting from a loudspeaker.
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The sounds of animals were distant, great roars of dying elks, the barking of wolves.
■ VERB
give
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He gave a roar of rage, scrambled to his feet and turned round, his right arm raised.
hear
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He heard the roar of the motorcycle being started up and then fading until it was silent.
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From behind it we could hear the chirps and roars of invisible clarinets and trombones tuning up.
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We heard a roar like the sound of a furnace.
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You could not tell that they even heard the awful roar going on in the bay....
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Before she had made up her mind she heard the roar of the jets.
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I never heard such a roar .
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I could clearly hear the roar of engines above me, and distinctly heard one long burst of cannon fire.
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She heard only the roar from the mill.
let
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Instead, he let out a huge roar of delight and I hung my head.
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Asmodeus stiffened as the beam engulfed him, let out a roar of disapproval and was promptly atomized.
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But the red-beard had already let out a roar of fury, and launched himself forward.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I love to hear the roar of the crowd at a Blue Jays baseball game.
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I shall never forget his roar of anguish on hearing the terrible news.
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Inside, the gale was no more than a distant, muffled roar .
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Nadia let out a roar of laughter.
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She heard the roar of a motorbike behind her.
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The boat's motor made quite a roar .
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There were roars of laughter coming from the living room.
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We threw ourselves to the ground as the roar of an explosion thundered over us.
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With a great roar , the whole building was engulfed in flames.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A roar of falling water as a door opened and closed indicated that some one had just emerged from the lavatory.
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Every four years, presidential hopefuls have learned, the New Hampshire mouse roars like lion.
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For ten minutes now, the roar of the engines had been overlaid by a scraping, spluttering sound.
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Now the rattle and roar of the tube faded abruptly as it surfaced into bright sunlight.
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The San Francisco quake was mild compared to the roar of divine judgment soon to come.
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Then the roar and vibration of the incoming train.
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Wave after wave of starlings take off at short 2-3 minute intervals, with a great roar of whirring wings.