croak
Example Sentences
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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
“If I croak tomorrow, I can honestly say that I wouldn’t be any happier than I am here today,” Sandersen said.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 12, 2023
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
The stock market is crashing, there’s a war in Europe, everyone on “This is Us” is about to croak.
From New York Times • May 22, 2022
‘You are not like others,’ she said in her raven’s croak.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.