Snarled

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'that is so rude,' snarled squeaky Malloy. 'we deserve to get treated properly.'

I was reading the book "Kid Wonder and the Half-Hearted Hero" with my son and came across this sentence.

'Snarl' expresses being irate and disappointed. In the above case squeaky Malloy was angry and used a bad tempered voice to air his disappointment - he snarled.

A dog is snarling when it is growling with bared teeth. Probably the word is best suited to project animal or animal-like behavior.

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