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n.  an iguana’s cough, the equivalent of its fearsome roar, as described in The Iguana Brothers: A Tale of Two Lizards by Tony Johnston.


n.  the “dull squeaking, straining sound” of door hinge, as described in Scion of Cyador: The New Novel in the Saga of Recluce by L.E. Modesitt.


n.  the call of the wild; the untamed moan of someone alive with primitive energy.

<Yes, the call of the wild ...  Rrrrr ...  Let me loose, set me free, give me space to breathe!  —Camille Maurine, Meditation Secrets for Women: Discovering Your Passion, Pleasure, and Inner Peace.>

n.  the growl of a “very large dog,” as described in the novel The Mayflower Project by Katherine A. Applegate.


n.  the noise of fingernails forming a crease on cloth.

<The pinched fingernails he ran all along his pants crease, to sharpen it, made a stuttery noise in the cloth, rrrrr.  —Bill Roorbach, Contemporary Creative Nonfiction: The Art of Truth.>

n.  the roar of ocean waves, as described in Writing Better Lyrics by Pat Pattison.

RRRRR.

n.  the rumble of a “car engine roar[ing] to life” (Bonny Becker, My Brother, the Robot).

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