Verb (used without object) : The dog growled at the mail carrier. ,The thunder growled.    From Dictionary.com. 

It was a real Chicago-sounding track, especially when Peter overdubbed a growling harmonica part, a la Little Walter.    From Wordnik.com.  [ɘloЯ] Reference

Link The growling was a bit closer, but that's all we got.    From Wordnik.com.  [gillpolack: A thunderstorm is coming, so I shall be] Reference

Then she grabbed his jaw with her teeth, and gave him the same kind of growling, gentle love-bite back.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Plains of Passage]

When I say "growling," by the way, I mean literally growling, his years as a bona fide seadog -- Norwegian trawler?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Neurosurgical Intervention For Beginners] Reference

The Disneyland Haunted Mansion has added a kind of growling chuckling to the ride's end, after the "Hurry baaa-ck, hurry baaa-ck" sequence.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boing Boing: March 17, 2002 - March 23, 2002 Archives] Reference

It was the bay of a dog, who ran "growling" along a trail!.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness] Reference

I say, der 'will be heap o' growling 'tomachs yer to-night!.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Sword and the Distaff: Or, "Fair, Fat, and Forty." A Story of the South, at the Close of the Revolution by the Author of "The Partisan," "Mellichampe," "Katharine Walton," Etc. Etc.] Reference

And Meryl had no hesitation doing all kind of growling noises.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference

"And yes, we have found what is called the growling grass frog.    From Wordnik.com.  [AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories] Reference

The "growling" that escaped from the vampires in anger was downright funny.    From Wordnik.com.  [Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch] Reference

After that there is a really RIDICULOUS 'growling' section performed by Mike Portnoy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest reviews @ Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website] Reference

Then she heard another noise, and a cat who was with her began "growling," according to an incident report.    From Wordnik.com.  [SplicedFeed] Reference

She teaches 'growling' and 'screaming', and is the only known professional teacher in these forms of singing.    From Wordnik.com.  [VeryCD - 电驴资源订阅] Reference

Actually, I'd even want to see "growling" Alexander Wagner-Trugman come back because his performance made me laugh out loud.    From Wordnik.com.  [About.com Reality TV] Reference

"(When I say" growling, "by the way, I mean literally growling, his years as a bona fide seadog -- Norwegian trawler?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-12-01] Reference

But note well that line about "the growling face.".    From Wordnik.com.  ['There Is No More Molly'] Reference

A gently growling palace guard mans the chain-link gate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nancy Ruhling: Astoria Characters: The Man to the Mansion Born] Reference

I made sharp little growling noises deep within my throat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Isabel and I] Reference

"Is everything ready to receive him?" he continued, growling.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

Cooper heard the dog bark, turned, and saw it growling at him.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Every Knee Shall Bow'] Reference

The burgers smell so good and I find my stomach growling again.    From Wordnik.com.  [Swicks Rule!] Reference

The feral child follows boyfriend around, and won't stop growling.    From Wordnik.com.  [Responses to a writing prompt on story structure, filled out moments after learning of my girlfriend's affair] Reference

They looked at each other growling and splashed water at each other.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Impossible Man - Ep.5: Rumble Under the Jungle] Reference

He was on his haunches between her thighs, growling deep within himself.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Snow Child and the Fiendish Lover] Reference

Of course, Michael's holographic head floated right behind them growling.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Impossible Man - Ep.15: Journey and a Half] Reference

I stood up, my stomach growling, and started to search the land for food.    From Wordnik.com.  [Water] Reference

  As I pull up, I hear it barking and growling and tearing at the earth.    From Wordnik.com.  [Better than Chocolate] Reference

She saw me, and instantly approached towards me growling like an angry dog.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life and Remains of John Clare "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet"] Reference

"Wa'al, we'll see," was the growling answer, as the mean farmer turned away.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bobbsey Twins on a Houseboat] Reference

      The sound of growling from within the tunnel Yuki stood in echoed.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Impossible Man - Ep.5: Rumble Under the Jungle] Reference

(Soundbite of tiger growling) Mr. COOPER: (as Phil Wenneck) Oh, he's not kidding.    From Wordnik.com.  [Galifianakis Gets (Sort Of) Serious In 'A Funny Story'] Reference

Michael said as he felt Yuki and Kaori holding his right arm growling at each other.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Impossible Man - Ep.15: Journey and a Half] Reference

           In the yard, Tarzan hopped from side to side, growling in self-defense.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Death of Tarzan] Reference

So far, the GIs 'most dangerous encounter in the last three months has been a growling stray dog.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kosovo: Not Under Fire] Reference

As they line up on the road behind me, eager to squeeze past, I can hear them growling like cats.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Roving Revolution On London's Streets] Reference

For a while, Dole tried, growling "" liberal, liberal, liberal '' every time he mentioned Clinton on the stump.    From Wordnik.com.  [Don't Look Now] Reference

Outside a Kosovar Albanian rebel stronghold called Llap, tanks revved their engines in growling announcements of their might.    From Wordnik.com.  [In The Line Of Fire] Reference