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

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

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

“Remind me,” I croak, my throat dry, head aching.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir