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
“I’m so happy for you,” Luke manages to croak.
From New York Times ● Oct. 5, 2023
“It was ravaged but always in key,” he says of Lanegan’s signature croak.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2022
His first attempt at an order came as a croak.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
The Minion croaks his last words: “Oh, poop.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
“Even if I wanted to go home, I don’t know the way no more,” Robbie croaks.
From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2025
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
“Afraid of the world,” Ruth croaks, before coughing loudly into her mittened hand.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
"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
“See who we’ve got near UW,” he finally croaked out in a dry voice.
From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2022
Bullfrogs croaked in a feverish dirge, while larger game, alarmed by my trespass, thrashed through the underbrush, making me feel as though I was being pursued on all sides.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
Ravens circle overhead, croaking at my presence in defiance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 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
Maybe that’s not the most dignified way to go, but for Annette and others like her, it’s better than croaking in the heat of the desert sun.
From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2025
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
The pond was fringed with reeds, where a frog was croaking.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
