Growled
[ɡrauld]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Growl
Typist: Nelly
Examples
- And don't blame me, growled the convict I had recognized. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Porkin and Snob,' growled the bass. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- They both execrated the place in very strong language, and gradually growled themselves out, and had nothing left to say. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I never did see sich tomfoolery, growled Gurt, who was enjoying himself hugely; this Baccus is all tommy rot. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- It's not her fault if everybody don't know it now, growled Trenor, flushed with the struggle of getting into his fur-lined coat. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- I wish the servants' heads wos,' growled the long man. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The dog growled again; and licking his lips, eyed Oliver as if he were anxious to attach himself to his windpipe without delay. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- I know the gentleman'll put that 'ere charge into somebody afore he's done,' growled the long man. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Come in, growled the deep tones of that surly officer. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Swear the man,' growled Mr. Fang, with a very ill grace. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Some one on his staff, sitting on a chair working over a map on a drawing board, growled at him in the language Robert Jordan did not understand. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Then Jip growled, and wouldn't smell them. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Orlick sometimes growled, Beat it out, beat it out,--Old Clem! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I don't want to know what passed between Herbert there and you, growled Drummle. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Where be these dog-priests now, growled the Baron, who set such price on their ghostly mummery? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Vous ne voulez pas de moi pour voisin, he growled: vous vous donnez des airs de caste; vous me traitez en paria; he scowled. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It is the fashion, growled the man. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- You're a pretty article,' growled the whelp, moving uneasily in his dark corner, 'to come here with these precious imputations! Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The philosophical owner of the universal penknife growled an affirmative. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Brooch or no brooch, he growled sulkily, I recommend her not to forget her appointment in the library this afternoon. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Come, none o' this gammon,' growled Smouch, giving him another, and a harder one. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I reckon the daffy old bounder don't know no more'n we do about it, growled the rat-faced sailor. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Well, sir, I ain't a-goin' agin' it, sir, growled Gurt reproachfully. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I'll see him d---- before I take his place, growled out Rawdon. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He'll eat his head, if he doesn't,' growled Mr. Grimwig. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Tartar seemed to think the visitor's descent effected with unwarranted _éclat_, and accordingly he growled once more. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Coming,' growled the guard. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Again his lordship passed us, and again Lambton growled at him, with his eyes fixed on his own well-blacked shoes. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- He growled and swore at Miss Osborne as usual, and would smile when George came down late for breakfast. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The dog looked up, and growled. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
Typist: Nelly