At any rate, with growls and blows he drove his wife and son away from their pile of fish and pitched into it himself.
From inside the cave came whining little growls and mews almost like the crying of kittens.
Growls from the boat carried up to him an impression of mixed doubt and discomfort--ultimate disbelief in his possession of arms, an energetic oath or two, and another creak of the oar.
The rough jests and laughter of the boats had given way now to angry growls at his invisibility.
On the other hand, the bear's temper appeared to be rising, for his growls were growing more menacing with the seconds.
He began to utter deep growls and resentful coughs.
And the greatest guns, far away and still farther, diffuse growls much subdued and smothered, but you know the strength of them by the displacement of air which comes and raps you on the ear.
She knows her way about, the old lady," growls Barque.
There will be no more war," growls a soldier, "when there is no more Germany.
It growls in a friendly way, and resumes the inspection of its possessions.
You'll see that we shan't find anything," growls Barque.
We must have fire," growls Poupardin, whose indistinct bulk has the proportions of a bear as he rolls and sways in the dark depths of our cage.
No, a stiff," growlsthe bearer this time, "and he weighs twelve stone at least.
Tirette growls at last with a rancor that gathers strength the more we unite and collect ourselves again.
He acts it all right," growls Badger-face, showin' his fangs in what was meant for a grin.
They suit me all right," growls Ty, "except that they're too blame clumsy.
Incredulity is no lightning-conductor to keep off the flash, and, listened to or not, the low growls of the thunder are coming nearer.
The dog, with short ears and tail rampant, was crouching close to the closed door of the house, uttering low growls as his paws moved toward the threshold.
As the boys wiggled their way through the small opening, Teddy began utteringgrowls of joy and welcome.
Amidst the cracking of the rifles and the growls of the carnivora rose the death screams of stricken men and horses as they were dragged down by the blood-mad cats.
He scolded Numa and tried to drive the great beast away; but only angry growls rewarded his efforts.
From time to time are heard sonorous growls and deep breathings, followed by a dull sound, as of great bodies stretching themselves heavily along the floor.
He growls at me when I throw sticks at him, and snaps his teeth.
So he drew it out, rustling in a manner that elicited a fresh chorus of snarls and growls from the three guards, who stood between him and the shack where safety for him lay.
Ominous growls greeted the act, as though they would warn Felix that they did not mean to allow him to gain the shelter of his fort.
The sound of bones cracked to an accompaniment of snarls and growls came clearly to the watcher above; but the darkness was opaque.
While discussing it after dinner we were startled by fiendish growls and howls from the darkness outside; for a minute we were puzzled by the awful noises and then recognised them as the sounds of two bears fighting close by.
Words cannot describe his feelings as he lay there listening to the ominous growls and crunching of the hungry animals, expecting every moment to feel their sharp teeth in his own flesh.
The ferocious beasts, with a succession of sharp growlsand snarls, began to feast upon the still warm carcass of the poor horse.
He was safe enough, too, for he would have had nothing but angry growls for any man of Matey's ilk, charmed he never so wisely with spiced meats and the like.
Not a word had been spoken, and Curly's growls were so low we had no idea any of the others had been roused.
However, nothing happened on the journey up, save at the camp just north of Progreso, where some of the villagers tried slip up on our horses toward midnight, and Curly's growls kept them off.
Curly's warnings continuing, George and Tomas rolled out of their blankets and crawled out among and about the horses, and lay near them an hour or more, till Curly's growls finally ceased.
Now and again growls of thunder roll out from, and quiver in the earth beneath our feet.
Mungo growls and swears in thunder at the sky, and sulks in white mist all the morning, and then the sky answers back, hurling down lightnings and rivers of water, with total disregard of Mungo's visitors.
And sometimes Marmaduke heard strange noises like the sleepy growls of wild animals.
It wasn't a very happy chorus ofgrowls and barks and squeals.
The posting of those names on the bulletin board brought shouts of delight from the lucky ones and growls of disgust from those who were not selected.
It was like the coming of a summer storm when the thunder god growls his wrath and lightning plays constantly over the giant thunderheads.
They knew this well, and consequently never turned out, even upon the most urgent necessity, without a chorus of growls at the second mate, although he never took the slightest notice of them.
When it was all safely embarked and carried below, to a muttered accompaniment of growls at its weight, the canoe and its sable crew disappeared into the darkness, while the passenger also hid himself, and rarely appeared thenceforward.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "growls" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
