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bellow

the characteristic noise of a bull

Bellow

Saul. 1915--2005, US novelist, born in Canada. His works include Dangling Man (1944), The Adventures of Angie March (1954), Herzog (1964), Humboldt's Gift (1975), The Dean's December (1981), and Ravelstein (2000): Nobel prize for literature 1976
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At the sound of the roaring of the tiger the bull's bellowing became a veritable frenzy of rageful noise.
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Thus the Barrister dreamed, while the bellowing seemed To grow every moment more clear: Till he woke to the knell of a furious bell, Which the Bellman rang close at his ear.
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Thud, thud, we could hear the impact of their great heads, and their bellowing shook the pans on the kitchen shelves.
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