…make writing more interesting! How many powerful words have you used today?

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…make writing more interesting! How many powerful words have you used today?

squealed challenged croaked roared murmured yelled spluttered screeched chanted bellowed gossiped echoed whined screamed snapped

coaxed mumbled hollered communicated muttered babbled growledanswered recited moaned grumbled whispered questioned croaked

glared stared peered saw glanced examined observed viewed watched peeped peeked gazed gawped admired

strolled ran skied stamped crept stomped lolled jogged limped strode crawledskipped coaxed scamperedtiptoed staggered cruised lumbered danced trotted waddled plod

colossal massive monstrous towering gigantic enormous tall huge great vast extensive fat immense spacious