croak

Example Sentences

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Finding the beauty in that hellish croak — something that Josh Groban was able to do in the last Broadway revival — can prove exceptionally difficult.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

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

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

I meant to shout but it came out as a weak croak, “Don’t touch me.”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss