Then at a draft he emptied the bottle and threw it behind the fire, grunting his satisfaction.
"My Lady of the Chimney Corner"
Alexander Irvine
Altogether we counted more than a hundred grunting, snorting creatures arranged in black hills along a line of low ice.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
There was another low laugh, as if the Malay captors were amused; and then, in obedience to a whispered order, the prisoner was lifted and placed in a more comfortable position, but not without some effort and grunting on the part of the men who essayed to move him, the boat rocking about ominously the while.
"One Maid's Mischief"
George Manville Fenn