Sometimes it's just a grunt or two, a guttural sound akin to some sort of proto-speech. |
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There was a grunt from the other room, then a clatter of glass striking uncovered floor. |
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He gave a grunt of pain and his grip around her throat slackened enough that she was able to break free. |
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I heard a grunt and the unmistakeable smell of body odour filled my nostrils. |
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A decent soundbar will provide enough grunt to render an amplifier unnecessary. |
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Whenever a baboon wishes to make a non-hostile approach to a weaker animal, he or she must make a friendly face and give a gentle grunt. |
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I could only grunt in response, as by that stage his two burly assistants had bundled me in to a chair and strapped me down. |
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In 80 minutes of solid endeavour, there was precious little grunt and grind. |
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Perhaps it was a bush pig that would grunt and snuffle away when it spotted her. |
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It is nonetheless a beautiful shallow reef with huge areas of elk and staghorn coral sheltering shoals of grunt, snapper and goatfish. |
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The blond man glared hatefully up to Greg, and the large man kicked him again, drawing another hurting grunt from Vincent. |
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As the metal weapon hit his injuries, he let out a grunt of pain and released the sword from his grasp. |
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From Canada to Texas, you will find a crisp, a crunch, a grunt, a brown betty, a buckle and even a pandowdy. |
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Hall's pieces are pastoral, evoking the chirrup of birds who have learnt the song of car alarms, and the grunt of a badly maintained bus. |
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Then with an irritated grunt of recognition he staggered over to the coffee pot and poured a cup into his own travel mug. |
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Like other members of the grunt family, a pigfish makes a grunting sound by rubbing the teeth in their throat together. |
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Pigfish are in the grunt family and are another good bait for most bottom fish. |
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A grunt reached Kyle's ears, and he turned back, finding Josie cuddling closer to him, a satisfied smile on her face. |
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Having lost her trail, the man gave a grunt of frustration and kicked the curb. |
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Parents encourage daughters to sweat and grunt in physical competition, and even supermodels sport muscles obtained by logging hours at the gym. |
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Others take pride in an array of quality cookware, or glory in the grunt under the bonnet. |
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Hinkley's big dual-purpose machine uses the Daytona-derived 955 cc in-line triple, albeit detuned for low-end grunt. |
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I drop to the turf and grunt out five quick push-ups, plus a promise to myself to do fewer tomorrow. |
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Joe smiled and called out a greeting whereas Colin only acknowledged her appearance with a quick grunt. |
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I heard a low grunt, a noncommittal noise followed by the groan of the door closing. |
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The huge walrus made another grunt and then wobbled itself away from us and across the few feet of exposed rocks and slipped into the water. |
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Every time you chose a certain piece of clothing, the man would grunt his assent. |
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Just like the last anniversary, I still strain and grunt to push out each infrequent update but ultimately it's still good fun. |
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While he always obeys an instruction without question, his only acknowledgement of the request comes in the form of a grunt or a nod. |
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The two dwarves glared at the human and the other elves but offered nothing but a grunt. |
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She thrust one hand through the window, gripping the ledge inside, and heard a soft grunt of surprise as her fingers grazed softness. |
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Shaw starts fumbling and, for the first time, lets out an audible grunt of effort. |
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He heard a soft grunt, looked over and saw Bolke sitting down beside him, likewise using a tree to lean against. |
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He tried to find his voice, but it was difficult for him to manage anything but a feeble sounding grunt. |
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We heard a grunt from the undergrowth, then a rustle of leaves, then something pawing impatiently at the ground. |
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I started chatting away to him as he had his back to me, but he was less than talkative for some reason, I was lucky if I got a grunt back. |
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In the W. Atlantic, the largest grunt is Haemulon album, the margate, greyish in general colour and an important food fish. |
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His hair was matted down completely from the helmet he had been wearing, and with a grunt he pulled free of the jacket he had been wearing. |
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He also liked having his hair brushed, he would hoot and grunt as mom combed it every morning. |
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One jittery grunt comes close to bayoneting a prisoner before being stopped by fellow Marines. |
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After a little fumbling around, Brock grinned widely and with a grunt pulled a very large, very angry badger out of his sett. |
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There were shoals of grunt and goatfish sheltering in the shadow of our boat. |
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However Hasselhoff is allowed to grunt uncommunicatively at them via a telephone as often as he likes. |
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Fortunately, the Food Sense App for the iPhone does the grunt work for you. |
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Piggy, saying nothing, with no time for even a grunt, traveled through the air sideways from the rock, turning over as he went. |
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Laila lifted her foot above one of the air gnawing skulls and brought it down with a guttural grunt. |
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His screech of pain did not entirely drown out Taro's grunt of discomfort. |
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He would growl, he would grunt and he would scream through vocal lines. |
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While the boys, many of whom forgot to put on underwear, grunt in monosyllabic tones. |
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In a world where, for many young people, it's all about the 'bling', my advice to young folks is to work hard and be willing to do the grunt work. |
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Cook joined the Marines as a grunt, at the lowest pay grade. |
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The high-winding, multivalve engines were re-tuned for grunt work with new reinforced-plastic intake manifolds designed to boost the lower half of their torque curves. |
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His eyes settled on a Rolodex, nestled between the telephone and the raised edge of the desktop, and he reached for it with a soft grunt of satisfaction. |
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All he can do is grunt and hiss like a wounded honey badger. |
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Pigfish are members of the grunt family which are noted for the rasping or grunting sounds they make in their throat when captured on a hook or otherwise disturbed. |
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The grunt takes a hard look at our interpreter, rotates his M16 and opens the vehicle door, motioning for us to get out. |
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As a grunt, he lectured a high-ranking officer in protest of Marines who attacked a Vietnamese child. |
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It takes the grunt work out of the re-architecture and rewrite process, enabling clients to focus on the high level design issues. |
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The zookeeps grunt and groan and struggle for their footing as they pass Ajax over the rail and carry him into the cage. |
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With this much grunt, it is surprising that the engine is relatively quiet. |
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Seems the grunt and groaner has decided the role's beneath him, now that he's carved out a Hollywood career of his own. |
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The huge cubera was caught on spinning tackle and ate a live tomtate grunt that was intended for a cobia. |
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It may mean doing grunt work, but in order to lay the proper foundation, you need to market this image. |
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He plans to hire somebody to do the grunt work of digging the trenches for the pipes. |
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Her sleeping husband, Ron, gets a peck on the cheek that he probably won't remember, and then she's off to do grunt work at a local Denny's restaurant. |
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Even so, it's a remarkably smooth ride without any noticeable twitchiness but a lot of inherent grip to match the grunt underfoot when you put pedal to metal. |
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For instance, in Tavolga's experiments, toadfish grunted when electrically shocked and over time they came to grunt at the mere sight of an electrode. |
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Besides your refrigerator, you can hook up your security system, heating controls, entertainment system and more to your computer and let them do the grunt work for you. |
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Though mining automation and mechanization has gradually reduced much of the old grunt work, the physical demands of some jobs above and below ground still remain. |
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Fish species found in the islands include many species of shark, ray, moray eel, bream, jack, grunt, scorpionfish, triggerfish, grouper, goby, and blenny. |
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