croak
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"There's no time for that. Glasgow on the weekend, mate, it's bouncing," the Scot said with a slight croak in his voice.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
There’s a wicked irony in micromanaging your entire life on Earth only to croak and have your soul potentially jettisoned to some formless state of being, entirely unknown to mere mortals.
From Salon ● Nov. 27, 2025
For a few days, I could not summon the energy for outrage, or fury, or fear; I could only croak requests for chicken pho and rewatch another episode of “The Crown.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2022
The cry of adults is more like the croak of a frog or the sound of a weed wacker that won’t quite start than that of a songbird, she said.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 15, 2022
My mouth has grown so dry that I croak when I try to speak.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
The Minion croaks his last words: “Oh, poop.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Each one’s momentary glow pulses alive and fades in syncopated rhythm with the drowsy croaks of bullfrogs.
From Salon ● May 10, 2024
A healthy coral reef is noisy, full of the croaks, purrs, and grunts of various fishes and the crackling of snapping shrimp.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 13, 2024
These beady-eyed amphibians can be found on the banks of noisy streams throughout China, where the rapids would drown out ordinary croaks and chirps.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 11, 2024
“Katniss?” a voice croaks out from my left, breaking apart from the general din.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
"Vooaaria!" the bird croaked, a concoction of sounds that resembled a drunken old man.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
"The only flowers anyone saw in Aston were the ones you threw in the hole after you when you croaked it at the age of 53 'cos you'd worked yourself to death."
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2025
When she asked him what she needed to bring with them, he croaked, “The clocks.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2024
“What’s different? You are different …” I croaked out.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2023
“Do you believe yourself to be cured?” she croaked; indeed, for a moment she wondered if Edward Ashton had somehow already succeeded in his quest.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
Woody croaking out, “So long, partner” as he drives away?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
“As we got to the end of the season losing these games, it was just croaking me,” Kraft says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026
The blend of vocal harmonies and symbolism will leave you awestruck and almost croaking.
From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2024
In one case, the Telegraph reports, a couple in the French countryside was ordered to get rid of a pond because the sound of croaking frogs annoyed the neighbors.
From NewsForKids.net ● Mar. 13, 2024
Mrs. Ames tried to speak and her voice was a croaking whisper.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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