croak

Example Sentences

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She has an angelic voice, and Bob has this craggy kind of Blues man’s croak.

From Salon • Dec. 25, 2024

“I’m so happy for you,” Luke manages to croak.

From New York Times • Oct. 5, 2023

Purdue, unlike Virginia, which lost by 20, kept a lukewarm hope into the closing minute, only to see it croak in disarray and send the Knights in blue charging and dancing onto the floor.

From Washington Post • Mar. 17, 2023

“It was ravaged but always in key,” he says of Lanegan’s signature croak.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2022

As they passed overhead, in so dense a throng that their shadow followed them darkly over the ground below, one harsh croak was heard.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien