croaking

Example Sentences

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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

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

Down, down it came, and then, folding its fingered webs, it gave a croaking cry, and settled upon the body of Snowmane, digging in its claws, stooping its long naked neck.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien