Read full poem →In her foul den, there at their meat would growl,
Dictionary Entry
A deep, rumbling, threatening sound made in the throat by an animal.
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. growlgrowl lowgrowl deepgrowl angry
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Poetry examples for “growl”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Black coarse-squared shapes,
Hump and growl and assemble.
It is the city that takes us to itself,
Read full poem →Nor deal in flatt'ry or aspersions foul,
But, taking one by each hand, merely growl.
Read full poem →Black coarse-squared shapes,
Hump and growl and assemble.
It is the city that takes us to itself,
Read full poem →He sheered, but the ships ran foul
With a gnarring shudder and growl —
Read full poem →Louder the war-horns growl and snarl,
Sharper the dragons bite and sting!
Read full poem →The Ice was all around:
It crack’d and growl’d, and roar’d and howl’d--
Like noises of a swound.
Read full poem →That fear may pass away;
I scorn the growl and rumble of the fight
That summons me from cool
Read full poem →The Ice was all around:
It crack’d and growl’d, and roar’d and howl’d--
Like noises of a swound.