The truth is, men rarely form any friendships based on emotional intimacy: they prefer long silences punctuated by the odd grunt.

Spock made some sort of odd grunt.

We were topping out at the head of our long corridor when Ladder kind of jerked in the saddle and gave an odd grunt.

Ludo makes a strangling noise, hinting at the animal's fate, asks if I'm "ready for adventure", and then, bar the odd grunt, doesn't speak for two hours.

The rest of the gars returned the odd grunt.

He had turned at Harlan's odd grunt.

Unlike most cuckoos, this is a quiet species, making only the odd soft grunt.

He made an odd little grunt of surprise.

Suit joints cracked and clattered across the open channel, and Kira heard Pak make an odd little grunt.

Gonff's voice came back punctuated by odd grunts of concentration.