croaky
Example Sentences
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"When I came out here I was so nervous," said the singer, who'd earlier admitted her voice was "a bit croaky".
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2025
Slate, Fleischer-Camp’s chief collaborator, brings a touch of poignancy to the smallest moments in her cracked, slightly croaky delivery, which fluctuates between heartwarming and heartbreaking.
From Washington Post ● May 5, 2022
Haïm began her program with concertmaster Martin Chalifour as the eloquent soloist in Bach’s G-Minor Violin Concerto and Telemann’s hilariously quirky, croaky violin concerto known as, and sounding like, “The Frogs.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2020
Djokovic, who sounded croaky when speaking after the match, explained he has been feeling unwell.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 30, 2019
The gnome repeated the message in a croaky little voice and then sped off to deliver it, chanting, “Message for Red! Message for Red!” over and over.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
