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• The growler gets its name because of a growling noise it emits upon finding an electrical short.2013, Donny Petersen, Donny's Unauthorized Technical Guide to Harley-Davidson, 1936 to Present. From the entry growler
• Nico was growling when he anxiously pressed the message retrieval key.2012, Mark Thornton, Bridesmen of Madison County. From the entry blatino
• Over time (seven years), the growling has evolved into a more playful behavior.2001 July 7, FurPaw, “Rhodesian Ridgeback.”, in rec.pets.dogs.behavior (Usenet), archived from the original on 04 Dec 2025. From the entry kissie
• His hand crept further up, groinward, when Mike barged in, growling like an old werewolf.1999, Jim Provenzano, Pins. From the entry groinward
• He met her struggles with rabid force, shaking her and growling.1990, Betina Krahn, Luck Be a Lady, Zebra Books, Kensington Publishing Corporation, page 417. From the entry rabid
• The growling circumambient toils of London around them fadedbefore the calm of these innocent precincts.1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 517. From the entry circumambient
• There, not far away, she smashed back and forth, woofing and growling.1963 November 8, Don Moser, “An Archer Stalks the Mighty Grizzly”, in Henry R[obinson] Luce, editor, Life, volume 55, number 19, Chicago…. From the entry woof
• There were the klaxons, which kept up their long, monotonous, insane growling protest all through the raid.1962 September, James Jones, chapter 2, in The Thin Red Line, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner's Sons, →OCLC, page 73. From the entry klaxon
• Their mating calls are more moolike; in combat, a deep lowing and growling.1958, Science Digest, page 28. From the entry moolike
• April woke in darkness to the sound of Baron growling.2016, Ted Sanders, “April”, in The Harp and the Ravenvine (The Keepers; 2), New York, N.Y.: Harper, →ISBN. From the entry growl
• Like pee at home, bark a lot, or even growling!2014, Mark Mendoza, Ango Angari Training Secrets, page front cover. From the entry Ango Angari
• Snow was already pivoting, growling his annoyance, nail-bat swinging.2010, Kelly Meding, As Lie the Dead. From the entry nail bat
• “Actually, I like you growling when we're in our bedchamber.2007, Jean Johnson, The Wolf: A Novel of the Sons of Destiny, Penguin, →ISBN. From the entry bap
• Taffy's cynophobia, expressed in spitting, growling, melancholy miauling, served to ease the awkwardness of greeting between unprepared hostess and uninvited guest.1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Netley, SA: Fontana Books, published 1978, page 337. From the entry cynophobia
• Get up the paint to revirginate the ship before the ice thrusts growling towards the prow by Malice Point.1938, The Atlantic Monthly - Volume 162, page 634. From the entry revirginate
• After the growling the two men stood apart and hurled their boomerangs at each other, but these were easily fended off with the nulla-nullas.1977, Dick Roughsey, Moon and Rainbow: the autobiography of an Aboriginal, Rigby, page 37. From the entry nulla-nulla
• Frequently the growling of our lorry would frighten up coveys of waracabra—black jungle birds somewhat resembling guinea fowls, but with larger and longer legs.1953, Robert H. Pierson, Paddles Over the Kamarang: The Story of the Davis Indians, page 7. From the entry waracabra
• As moldy drywall thudded to the curb in a depressing drumbeat throughout Breezy Point, Queens, Thomas Ryan’s reciprocating saw stood out like a growling declaration of impatience.2012 December 21, David M. Halbfinger, Charles V. Bagli, Sarah Maslin Nir, “On Ravaged Coastline, It’s Rebuild Deliberately vs. Rebuild…. From the entry drywall
• The four young pigs who had protested when Napoleon abolished the Meetings raised their voices timidly, but they were promptly silenced by a tremendous growling from the dogs.1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […]…. From the entry timidly

Meaning of growling

1. adjective Producing a growl.
2. noun A sustained instance of growls or guttural noises.
3. noun The technique of producing a low-pitched growling or rumbling sound on a wind instrument.

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How do you use growling in a sentence?

Growling is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “The growling dog frightened him.”

What is a short sentence with growling?

“The growling dog frightened him.”

What does growling mean?

Growling means producing a growl.