How to Use roar in a Sentence
- The joke got the crowd roaring.
- The crowd roared its approval.
- We heard a lion roar in the distance.
- She roared at him for being late.
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Brown said as the crowd roared.
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Liz Goodwin,
Washington Post,
24 May 2026
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Brown said as the crowd roared.
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Liz Goodwin The Washington Post,
Arkansas Online,
25 May 2026
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Then the winds picked up and the flames roared.
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Solvej Schou,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Mar. 2026
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Then, for a while, the good times roared back.
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Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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Then the team, and the city, roared to life.
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Albert Samaha,
Washington Post,
11 June 2026
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O'Neal asked, as the crowd roared.
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CBS News,
4 Feb. 2026
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Duane was bent over his own deer when the bear roared.
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Marguerite Reiss,
Outdoor Life,
9 Oct. 2025
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And, of course, the mega-caps roared back to life.
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Sarah Min,
CNBC,
22 Aug. 2025
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That will cause the other two to roar.
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Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
21 June 2026
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Gusts roared in through the windows.
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Literary Hub,
16 Mar. 2026
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Both teams roared back to force overtime.
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Colleen Kane,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Mar. 2026
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The fans roared when his first goal was announced.
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Kalen Lumpkins,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Apr. 2026
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As Brady walked out to greet his fans, the crowd roared.
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Emma Hall,
Sacbee.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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Above him at a riverside home roared a fire in a pit.
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Bryan Hendricks,
Arkansas Online,
15 Feb. 2026
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The sound was roaring, both in the crowd and on stage.
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Brandon Shaw,
HollywoodReporter,
31 May 2026
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The crowd in Houston roared to life.
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Russell Lewis,
NPR,
23 June 2026
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Heritage came roaring back with a score of their own.
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Chris Winters,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Sep. 2025
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The male gaze came roaring back this summer.
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Madeline Holcombe,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
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Last fall, an early-season storm roared in.
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Carl Nolte,
San Francisco Chronicle,
21 Mar. 2026
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The junior guard launched from three-point land, and drained her shot as the crowd roared.
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Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
14 Mar. 2026
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The players roared with laughter and glee.
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Tim Rohan,
NBC news,
18 Jan. 2026
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Soon enough, the Giants — and their fans — roared right back.
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Justice Delos Santos,
Mercury News,
23 Apr. 2026
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Curry ran from the tee box to the green as the crowd roared its approval.
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Joe Morgan,
Fox News,
15 July 2023
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Boots are polished, hats are set just right, and the crowd roars when the gate swings open.
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Brian Unger,
CBS News,
22 Apr. 2026
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Keep an eye on the sky and be ready to move indoors if thunder roars.
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Ahmad Bajjey,
CBS News,
8 May 2026
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The Eaton Fire roared through here about 16 months ago.
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Elizabeth Robinson,
NBC news,
15 May 2026
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The roar of the crowd still echoes above.
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Bryan West,
USA Today,
19 Dec. 2025
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Let’s rock and roar for the Jaguars right now.
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Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 Jan. 2026
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Then a lion’s roar broke across the plain.
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Daniel Scheffler,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Things flash and roar and screech and skitter through the dark.
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Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
17 Sep. 2025
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The people want to see Varang’s fierce roars!
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Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
3 Jan. 2026
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Zohran Mamdani could not see the source of the roar.
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Chris Smith,
Vanity Fair,
2 Jan. 2026
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The roar of bells in the darkness drew me like a magnet.
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Veronique Greenwood,
Time,
21 Dec. 2025
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The roar of a crowd after the touchdown.
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Genevieve Koski,
Vulture,
4 Aug. 2025
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The wind suddenly picked up with a roar.
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Forum News Service,
Twin Cities,
18 Apr. 2026
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Smoke stopped dead There was a steady roar in the distance.
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Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 Jan. 2026
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The dull roar from the construction site cuts out.
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Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
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But there’s no question Maye heard the roar that came next.
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Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
26 Oct. 2025
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There’s a loud roar from the park every time the Knicks score.
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Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
9 June 2026
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The roar of the crowd nearly drowned out the sound of Adams’ drum.
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Joe Noga,
cleveland,
30 Jan. 2023
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The next roar came within 200 yards of our boat.
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Delbert L. Chears,
Outdoor Life,
5 Mar. 2026
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Below, find the roars and raves for Zootopia 2.
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Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
26 Nov. 2025
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The crowd’s constant roar could still be heard inside the venue.
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Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
1 Oct. 2025
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Grizzlies, for all their heft and roar, are kind of crummy hunters.
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Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
10 Jan. 2024
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What if the roar of the crowd is no longer the most powerful sound in sports?
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Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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The fans responded with a roar.
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Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Sep. 2025
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Tired of dragging your bins to the curb and waking up to the roar of garbage trucks?
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Staff,
FOXNews.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Tired of dragging your bins to the curb and waking up to the roar of garbage trucks?
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Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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The fight was broken up as a roar could be heard from inside the bar, the video showed.
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Emma Seiwell,
New York Daily News,
12 June 2026
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Diguglielmo and Scali held their hands overhead to join the roar.
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Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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Bronze hammered the ball into the back of the net and let out a guttural roar.
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Charlotte Harpur,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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Wembanyama checked in to the roar of real boos.
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Joel Lorenzi,
New York Times,
14 Jan. 2026
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The roars were back at the Riv on Thursday … and so was the rain.
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Steve Galluzzo,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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The equalizer brought roar after roar from the crowd.
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Bryan Preston,
FOXNews.com,
20 June 2026
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After the roar of the crowd dies down, Sahlman bends their eager minds with this.
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Neil Senturia,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 June 2023
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Seattle’s home crowd let out a menacing roar.
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Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
8 Feb. 2026
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