He was a cunning old codger, and hated Grumpy-growly like mustard, because the old fellow had once treated him, in a fit of rage, to a hug that nearly put an end to him.
One day Grumpy-growly went out to take a walk, bidding the young ones to be very good while he was away; for he was a widower, poor fellow!
But I don't think he got it very bad, because we all knew by the noise he made that Big Growly wasn't really very mad.
And so two and three and four years went by, little Abel clinging to life with pathetic heroism, and Old Growly loving that little cripple with all the violence of his selfish nature.
But Old Growly abroad and Old Growly at home were two very different people.
Toys and picture-books were vanities in which Old Growly never indulged; to have expended a farthing for chattels of that character would have seemed to Old Growly like sinful extravagance.
But as for himself, Old Grampa Growly grew tenderer and tenderer, and his goodness became a household word, and he was beloved of all.
But on a day, coming from his factory, Old Growly was stricken with horror to find that during his absence from home a great change had come upon his child.
Although Old Growly did not seem to see the truth, little Abel grew older only to become what the doctor had foretold,--a cripple.
So now Old Growly set about wooing his little boy from the embrace of death,--sought to coax him back to health with money, and the dimes became dollars, and the tin bank was like to burst of fulness.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "growly" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
