Wondering how to use Growl in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as growling or cry.
Growl in a sentence
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Growl meaning
- A deep, rumbling, threatening sound made in the throat by an animal.
- A similar sound made by a human.
- The rumbling sound made by a human's hungry stomach.
Using Growl
- The main meaning on this page is: A deep, rumbling, threatening sound made in the throat by an animal. | A similar sound made by a human. | The rumbling sound made by a human's hungry stomach.
- Useful related words include: growling, cry, grumble, rumble.
- In the example corpus, growl often appears in combinations such as: or growl, to growl, growl at.
Context around Growl
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 6 middle, 11 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Growl
- In this selection, "growl" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, visceral, ferocious, stomach, bark, loose and maybe stand out and add context to how "growl" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a ferocious growl loose and a visceral growl at anyone. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "growl" sits close to words such as abdollahian, abergavenny and abounded, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with growl
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
What Makes Your Stomach Growl? (5 words)
In space, nobody can hear you growl. (7 words)
This was the first time I’d heard her growl in anger. (12 words)
He doesn't bark at them or growl ( Maybe the odd couple times he barks at people but which dog doesn't ) But this guy here always makes an effort to get off his bike to give him a hug and a pat! (43 words)
Deb Davis, community outreach manager for Paws with a Cause of Wayland, outside Grand Rapids, said it’s easy to spot the impostor service dogs: those carried in a purse, or those that growl, bark or act aggressively. (38 words)
In the latest clip, Mike can be seen punching the life out of his heavily armoured trainer, before letting out what can only be described as a growl in the final few seconds. (33 words)
What Makes Your Stomach Growl? (5 words)
He doesn't bark at them or growl ( Maybe the odd couple times he barks at people but which dog doesn't ) But this guy here always makes an effort to get off his bike to give him a hug and a pat! (43 words)
Example sentences (20)
Although "lovely at heart", Pete tends to growl at anyone who goes near him.
However, until he likes them, he will growl, bark and bite at ankles.
In the unstoppable and massive electric vehicle (EV) megatrend, we may be seeing the end of cars with powerful engines, beefy tires, and a growl that any lion would kill for.
Komekko instinctively knows how to exude the most threatening aura she can, assuming an intimidating position while letting a ferocious growl loose.
What Makes Your Stomach Growl?
In the latest clip, Mike can be seen punching the life out of his heavily armoured trainer, before letting out what can only be described as a growl in the final few seconds.
And every 15 minutes, the mountain overlooking the city begins to growl, before eventually erupting with a mushroom atomic cloud of volcanic dust, rocks and lava.
He doesn't bark at them or growl ( Maybe the odd couple times he barks at people but which dog doesn't ) But this guy here always makes an effort to get off his bike to give him a hug and a pat!
Her two backup-singers bring the gospel harmony to her bone-rattling holler and growl, but the compulsive momentum of her skeleton bass, drums and guitar trio defies belief.
This was the first time I’d heard her growl in anger.
All you had to do, Bianchi explains, was say their name and see if it elicited a growl.
As a result, the frontwoman has maintained the visceral growl that made the one-time 4AD band such a unique and enticing proposition during the ‘80s and ‘90s.
But in place of the metallic growl of a car engine, you hear the wind, the soft shush of wheels on a dirt path, the gentle clop-clop of hooves.
David Johansen’s gruff growl tries to dominate– but it can’t quite get past the talons of Johnny Thunders’ and Syl Sylvain’s guitars.
In space, nobody can hear you growl.
It’s hard not to like Sam Bridges, who faces all of ’s bizarreness with a welcome everyman’s weariness, encapsulated in in Norman Reedus’ characteristic growl.
Deb Davis, community outreach manager for Paws with a Cause of Wayland, outside Grand Rapids, said it’s easy to spot the impostor service dogs: those carried in a purse, or those that growl, bark or act aggressively.
He had his defenders, like his beefy friend Eric, who directed a visceral growl at anyone who gawked at Ian at the mall or multiplex.
He now works as a digital marketing consultant and in his spare time is the webmaster and World Editor for News Growl.
Prince also sounds playful on “Cold Coffee & Cocaine,” lowering his voice into a Miles Davis growl.
Common combinations with growl
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- or growl 3×
- to growl 2×
- growl at 2×
- growl bark 2×
- and growl 2×
- growl that 2×
- stomach growl 2×
- growl in 2×
- visceral growl 2×
- growl of 2×