We cannot sit outside the ring, in a corner, uttering encouraging grunts, and waving a towel.
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In any event, the source of those grunts has now disappeared.
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We have put up with a quarter of an hour of things that were not much less than grunting noises.
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I wish that he would stand up so that he can be identified, instead of grunting in the corner.
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The gift of speech then becomes monosyllabic, with cacophonic grunts such as we have from motorists when they are in a queue or a traffic jam.
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There were sundry grunts from the back.
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The merchant bankers, accountants, estate agents, brokers, underwriters and lawyers are all out there, jostling, grunting and squealing, waiting to get their noses back into the privatisation trough.
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Even tennis, a relatively gentle game, is becoming almost brutal at the men's finals level—bigger rackets, grunting all round, serve and volley, over in five minutes.
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Vocals are usually guttural and may be grunted, growled or screamed.
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Contact calls used when groups are traveling include soft grunts and growls.
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Low grunts are produced every few seconds for communication.
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He s there in the background, grunting approvingly, reminding everybody who made this possible.
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Guttural grunts and posturing is used with all but the most determined of predators with great effectiveness.
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The two are always hyped and normally speak in manly grunts and monosyllabic phrases.
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The band relied on the use of both soprano vocals and death grunts.
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