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If he'd had the voice for it, it would have been a growl, but the closest he could come to a growl was an Irish tenor rumble with undertones of gravel.— Unwise Child
"I don't understand it, and what I don't understand bothers me The Ring Tailed Panther growled, and his growl was the most savage that Ned had ever heard from him.— The Texan Star The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty
The boy could not help shuddering as he looked at this old monarch of the forest It smells like a human being around here," said Father Bear the instant he came up to Mother Bear, and his growl was as the rolling of thunder How can you imagine anything so absurd?"— The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
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