How to Use roar in a Sentence

roar

1 of 2 verb

• 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.
• Curry ran from the tee box to the green as the crowd roared its approval.
  — Joe Morgan, Fox News, 15 July 2023
• The second his pelvis hit the stage, the stadium roared.
  — Tess Garcia, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 Apr. 2023
• Through it all, the sound of the conveyor system roars.
  — Ted Genoways, The New Republic, 25 May 2023
• The crowd roared as the Volunteers dashed out from the left side of the arena in their orange- and white-striped sweat pants.
  — Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 22 Mar. 2024
• The roaring stock rally has come to a halt in the first few trading sessions of the year.
  — Gunjan Banerji, WSJ, 10 Jan. 2024
• But Arlington Heights came roaring back in the top of the sixth and tied it up at 4-4.
  — Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas News, 14 May 2023
• Booker roared out a game-high 46, but Phoenix blew a 10-point lead in the fourth quarter.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 1 Apr. 2023
• Sousa clapped rounding the bases as the Lions’ dugout roared with elation.
  — Cam Kerry, BostonGlobe.com, 6 June 2023
• At song’s end, Baker tossed her guitar across the stage and the crowd roared with approval.
  — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 12 Nov. 2023
• By the time Williams got around to designing the theater, his nerve had come roaring back.
  — Maria L. La Ganga, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
• How did 1920s fashion help to make the Roaring Twenties roar?
  — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 1 Apr. 2024
• Maybe creatures like him could do more than merely stomp around and roar a bunch.
  — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 29 Mar. 2024
• Farid was the youngest of their three sons — a wiry boy buzzing with energy who roared around the neighborhood on a bike.
  — Aurelien Breeden, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2023
• Committing to the lesson, Michael landed on the floor and folks in the studio roared with laughter.
  — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 4 May 2023
• The 56-year-old lies awake while planes roar over his house in Amsterdam’s leafy south.
  — April Roach, Fortune Europe, 21 Nov. 2023
• The post also featured a photo of a red rose against a snowy backdrop and a roaring log fire.
  — Becca Longmire, Peoplemag, 14 Feb. 2024
• When Salunkhe told the throng to assemble the following morning to protest, the crowd roared its approval.
  — Parth M.n., Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2023
• And dozens of trains roar through town each day, mere feet from pedestrians walking along Route 66.
  — USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2024
• However, Golden State roared back in the second half, outscoring them 74-46 to win the game and cover the nine-point spread.
  — Michael Arinze, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2023
• The shadow roared in across the lake, like some diabolical gloom or lethal wall of hail.
  — Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2024
• Accent the creamy light pink and shimmery bronze with stick-on sweaters, skis, a roaring fire, snow boots, trees, ski goggles, and more.
  — Jamie Allison Sanders, Peoplemag, 7 Dec. 2023
• If plans for the tunnel’s next phase are approved later this fall, though, the space will likely come roaring back to life.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 27 Sep. 2023
• Avoiding them turned out to be the wrong choice during what became a roaring bull market.
  — Ron Lieber, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2023
• Nobody with even a drop of gasoline in their veins will be able to suppress a grin when the 4.8-liter V-8 roars rambunctiously to life.
  — Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 26 Oct. 2023
• The Lady Lions roared out to a 12-0 lead with Anaiah Jordan serving.
  — Tanner Spearman, Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2023
• As the last paratrooper soars downward with a huge American flag flapping in the wind behind him, the gallery roars.
  — Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2023

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roar

2 of 2 noun

• The roar of the crowd nearly drowned out the sound of Adams’ drum.
  — Joe Noga, cleveland, 30 Jan. 2023
• The crack of the bat, the roar of the crowd,Brings a rush of excitement, that can't be found.
  — Hana Khalyleh, The Enquirer, 14 Feb. 2023
• On the inside, the day’s first big roar occurred at 3:31.
  — Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2023
• Apart from wind rustling the leaves of olive trees, the roar of cicadas was the only sound.
  — Nick Romeo, The New Republic, 23 Aug. 2023
• Tomato Red The roar of red took the fall 2023 runways by storm.
  — Madeline Fass, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2023
• Across much of the United States, winter comes in with a snowy roar.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 13 Oct. 2023
• Cheering the students on against the roar of the ocean was their coach, Yvette Curtis.
  — Isabella Kwai, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2022
• After the roar of the crowd dies down, Sahlman bends their eager minds with this.
  — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2023
• The next shot shows him with his arms thrown up, mid-scream roar as the girls face each other and scream.
  — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 28 June 2023
• The crowd and music below the green room are a constant dull roar in the background.
  — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2023
• With the crackle of the fire and the distant roar of the ocean as our soundtrack, the yarns carry us out into the night.
  — Nina Karnikowski, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Dec. 2022
• The tinny roar of the crowd and thick cigar smoke siphoned down the brick corridor.
  — Justin Beal, Harper’s Magazine , 12 Dec. 2022
• Grizzlies, for all their heft and roar, are kind of crummy hunters.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2024
• The motor’s roar was muffled to a quiet hum, like the white noise of an airplane.
  — Daniel Kool, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2023
• This close to the road, the roar of car engines slices into her eardrums the way sharp skates cut into ice.
  — Han Kang, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2023
• Watch the clip below and listen for the roars of approval from football fans.
  — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 25 May 2023
• Whenever a batter hit the ball, the crack of his bat turned the chanting into a roar.
  — John Yoon Jun Michael Park Shawn Paik, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
• Her 10-year-old daughter joined in, imitating the roar of the 50-mile-an-hour gusts that shook the walls.
  — Luis Feliz Leon, Curbed, 21 Dec. 2023
• This included a shot by Groshong at the 12-minute mark that hit the crossbar and drew a roar from the Valley Catholic crowd.
  — oregonlive, 12 Nov. 2022
• In the video, the dog effortlessly soars over the pole and lands in their owner's arm to a roar of cheers and applause.
  — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 9 Feb. 2024
• Parts of jagged steel filled the air, red flames leaped some twenty-five feet skyward, and the roar resounded.
  — Kevin Dayhoff, Baltimore Sun, 13 Jan. 2024
• When Fitzpatrick sank his par putt on the 18th hole for the win, after a brilliant fairway bunker shot to reach the green, the roar from the crowd said it all.
  — Katie McInerney, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Dec. 2022
• At the 13:06 mark, Tchamwa Tchatchoua checked into the game and received a roar of applause from the Baylor faithful.
  — Dallas News, 4 Feb. 2023
• In the meantime, day after day, amid the twitter of birdsong, the wail of air alerts or the roar of explosions, the dead are laid to rest.
  — Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2023
• Crude oil was shooting out of a well near his home with such force that people hundreds of yards away could hear the roar.
  — Rachel Chason, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Mar. 2023
• The Alabama fans in attendance braced for a roar but then sighed.
  — Nick Alvarez | [e-mail], al, 31 Jan. 2023
• From the roar of the crowd to the hot summer air, this football stadium could be any Texas town on a Friday night.
  — Jenny Wagnon Courts, ABC News, 3 Jan. 2024
• Kansas guard Nick Timberlake earned the loudest roar of the night from the Allen Fieldhouse crowd.
  — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 11 Feb. 2024
• There is society, where none intrudes by the deep sea, and music in its roar.
  — Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 28 Mar. 2023
• Deal with the police, called after that engine roar wakes a sleeping baby.
  — Sean Evans, Robb Report, 1 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024