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    croak


    croaked


    croaking


    croaks


    1. he managed to croak


    2. "Rebecca?" Her anguished croak made it to my ears


    3. I tried to shout over to Elijah to ask him how he was but it came out as a terrible croak because my throat was raw and I had a terrible thirst and I tried to moisten my lips but I had no saliva in my mouth and my tongue was stuck to the roof of my mouth


    4. “Ah back in the land of the living are we how are you feeling?” To tell the truth I didn’t really know how I felt at the moment a little numb and more than a little sore but the pain had not really started again yet then I managed to croak


    5. I tried to speak but it came out in a croak as I said


    6. Raising his head, he got ready to give the signal, but only managed a hoarse croak


    7. She tried to think comforting thoughts but all she managed was to utter with a croak:


    8. ‘Trevor?’ he called with a voice somewhere between a frog's croak and a crow's squawk


    9. He started to tire, then vomited with a strangled croak


    10. ’ His voice revealed a croak of emotion in the last sentence

    11. „He took off as soon as you went upstairs," I managed to croak with a helpless shrug before turning back to gaze with round-shouldered intensity at one of Bill Smith"s more obscure works


    12. ‘You didn’t seriously imagine the boys you raped wouldn’t tell their fathers, did you?’ asked the engorged captor in a rasping croak


    13. 'Where are they?' It was a racking croak not even remotely resembling a human voice


    14. One of them begins with a croak


    15. owner; who by the way, looked like he was about to croak


    16. � Hey, that�s the HESPERUS, Jones� ship!� Hell, let that stiff ass croak on this


    17. All I could croak was, “Water


    18. And they have no chance; only to croak in the mine or to die of diseases they contracted there


    19. He begrudges to donate a penny or he thinks: ‘I have a lot of money, I am a king!’ Tomorrow, though, he’ll croak, and they will look at him, deciding who and what he was


    20. “Not so bad,” he answered, his voice coming out in a sickly croak

    21. croak out, though they could barely hear the words


    22. You croak, “Where will I meet her? At a party?’’


    23. "Sure," I croak, adrenaline rushing through my veins


    24. "Yep, yep, no chance it's going to be you, because guess what? After I croak, my father will start looking for a new wife for him and it would probably be some Princess from a neighboring country, fit to be the Queen of Jothar


    25. “I think we choose which bank we’re on, Croak


    26. Croak made another ballistic lunge


    27. Croak closed his eyes, protecting them in his thick hide


    28. Croak saw his chance, leaping to knock Silas off, down into the barrels, maybe into the fire pit beyond


    29. Croak dangled, hanging over the far drop to the ground below


    30. ” He let go of Croak

    31. Croak told me


    32. Jossiah’s single word came up his throat in a croak


    33. I dont want to croak during the night


    34. All appreciation for life, for every green blade of grass and every wonder in the world, is available to the young who wonder naturally, but in a society that does not admire wonder, this power has been cut down; the green meadow of life has been shorn, and the dust of the centuries that fills the mouths of the old is spread to the young, and young saplings become brittle trees that croak and groan under the weight of time


    35. throat reduced her words to little more than a faint croak


    36. "Nancy?" was the croak that came from her throat


    37. the bastards try,' came an angry croak from none other than Raz


    38. The he started to croak in the throat and tremble in the lips and chin and I swear real tears


    39. The voice of her assailant was so horrible from spite and rage that it was almost a croak; but he, too, was saying something, and just as quickly


    40. The hungry man repeated, in a rapturous croak, "Magnificent!" and began gnawing another finger

    41. The crow's ill-boding croak, the hollow moan


    42. "And I hope Aunt March won't croak


    43. Suddenly the poor duenna felt two hands seize her by the throat, so tightly that she could not croak, while some one else, without uttering a word, very briskly hoisted up her petticoats, and with what seemed to be a slipper began to lay on so heartily that anyone would have felt pity for her; but although Don Quixote felt it he never stirred from his bed, but lay quiet and silent, nay apprehensive that his turn for a drubbing might be coming


    44. “Yeah,” he muttered, a scratchy croak


    45. Then the bandit thrice imitated the cry of a crow; a croak answered this signal


    46. FATHER COFFEY: (Yawns, then chants with a hoarse croak) Namine


    47. My voice is a croak and even I don’t believe me


    48. But so it is the same thing that all the frogs croak before a storm


    49. croak; but he, too, was saying something, and just as quickly and indistinctly, hurrying and spluttering


    50. Only later, when William has blown out all the candles save one, to light his way back to the library, does a voice croak from the shadows











    1. Amphibians croaked a tenor’s song of night


    2. "I see," he croaked


    3. present circumstances,’ she croaked – her throat suddenly


    4. I waited until dark and then crawled across to where I had seen Elijah drop down he was still lying there when I got up to him and he croaked


    5. "It's all right," he croaked


    6. “Alex,” she croaked, and grabbed his arm


    7. “Worse than that,” I croaked, “where’s the restroom


    8. “Evening Alex,” the old man croaked in his breathless voice, the result of years of smoking


    9. Darkburst continued calling, over and over again, until his voice croaked with hoarseness and he was forced to admit that the others had gone on without him


    10. Over here," he croaked

    11. “Muh-ugh,” it croaked back at him, in the oddest little voice


    12. “Muh…muh,” it croaked in the saddest, most pain-wracked, and lowest little voice, a voice he would remember in dreams for the rest of his life


    13. ‘You don’t need to strike another,’ croaked Russell


    14. “It…” he croaked, the words catching in his throat, “it’s gone…”


    15. “You guys okay?” Cloud croaked, brushing the matted spikes


    16. “But, what does this have to do with you?” croaked Cloud


    17. yes Hamish croaked still feeling rather groggy from the aesthetic


    18. “Have mercy!” Yazadril croaked, and spat out the remains of a mouthful of vomit


    19. demand, it was succinctly told the puppy had already croaked and would lie


    20. Finally he croaked out, “Take your miserable rabble out into the desert to die, for all that I care!”

    21. “Guess we'd better call it a night, men,” he croaked


    22. “Don't,” she croaked, cusping a hand to her mouth


    23. ‘Let us not pretend that we are old friends Bellack, you have supplied me with enough information to get me interested enough to attend your home, but I have not forgotten the past,’ croaked Anak as he scratched instinctively at the leather capped stump that used to be his left hand


    24. "Come," Calvin croaked with his hoarse, groggy voice, desperate for the knocking to stop


    25. It must have been somewhere south of the Cocos Islands when finally the engine croaked its last


    26. “Thanks a lot!” croaked Nem


    27. “Push harder,” croaked Dawes, waving his arms at the scarecrows


    28. “Typical Boglehob,” croaked Dawes, batting away more chickens with his arms


    29. “What are you waiting for?” croaked a voice


    30. “But we heard it,” croaked Dawes

    31. “I am not he who has built this bridge,” croaked the frog forcefully, like he was trapping flies with his words


    32. “You do,” croaked the frog, “not have—” his eyes bulged freakishly, “—a choice


    33. “Yes, yes, I know the rules,” the frog croaked under his breath, his voice shriveled to a weak tremor


    34. "They killed her," Slinks croaked


    35. Croaked, “Is there more?”


    36. “Did he die?” I croaked


    37. The Nemedian croaked in triumph and sprang forward, lifting his great sword with both hands over his right shoulder, as he braced his legs wide for the stroke—and then, over the prostrate king, something huge and hairy shot like a thunderbolt full on the soldier's breast, and his yelp of triumph changed to a shriek of death


    38. “Jax,” I croaked out, “send only a small team down


    39. “You remember why,” Sarah croaked


    40. The creatures that crawled and croaked in the night had a faint reddish-orange glow to their bodies, but certain of their features could still be distinguished; their body texture and facial structure

    41. Then Sunbeam croaked, “If you have a Fish then I love you, Ambrosius


    42. He held his neck with one hand, lowered it, and croaked, “No bandage


    43. thirst, so she croaked his name and patted and stilled his heaving back


    44. The civil servant tried to nod, but couldn't, so instead, he croaked,


    45. on his face as his voice, more gravel than human, croaked from his throat


    46. “Can’t say I have,” he croaked in a seasick tone


    47. croaked, turning the spikes off


    48. " He croaked and then cleared his voice


    49. he croaked and then quickly turned away


    50. "Lov!" He attempted to call out, but the words croaked in his throat










































    1. Ken did just that, croaking down the phone to his boss to complain about a twenty-four hour bug


    2. Ken did just that, croaking down the phone to his boss to


    3. Jock's not a happy bunny on account of the punters fucking croaking, ye ken, laddie


    4. "You must have been that frog under the willow that kept disturbing the fish, I didn't catch a thing, it kept burping and croaking every time a mackerel came near my apple


    5. ” She was cut off in mid-sentence by a croaking voice


    6. “Stop it!” I shrieked, “It was me! Here! I have the rest of the heroin pouches! Not her! Not this croaking voice! It is this gruesome song!”


    7. When Tomé tries to bark, out of his throat comes nothing more but croaking


    8. thousands of croaking frogs, but also saw, in the still-early morning light, frogs everywhere


    9. When he spoke, his croaking voice seemed an octave lower than before


    10. The second squat fisherman, whose skin had taken on a hue that looked more amphibious than human, was ripped forward off the ramparts with a stout pull on his line and he fell into the dark water, croaking fatally

    11. He heard a croaking a noise, an utterance of desperation, and it wasn’t until Katy looked at him with concern that he realized the sound came from somewhere deep within his throat


    12. One soldier was then suddenly and violently spun around as a bullet smashed into his shoulder, followed by a croaking sound, as another silenced bullet hit another soldier, through the mouth and exited his neck


    13. He shouted, a croaking, desperate shout of menace, and the vultures swerved away and retreated, frightened by the sound


    14. The captives were never seen again, nor the croaking voice heard


    15. 'Thaug!' As in answer to that frightful invocation there boomed a thunderous croaking from within the temple, the snapping of wood and metal


    16. Lying in his own tent that night, Amalric heard the steady rumble of a drum in Xaltotun's tent; through the darkness it boomed steadily, and occasionally the Nemedian could have sworn that a deep, croaking voice mingled with the pulse of the drum


    17. What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking "Nevermore


    18. South African, croaking out from her throat ( because the climate is so dry


    19. ” That was the truth, since I entered the circle I had noticed a growing dryness in my throat and now I needed something to drink or I wouldn’t be able to speak much longer without croaking at her


    20. The hidden frogs were coming out from their pits and holes, and started croaking for more rain

    21. Even the bullfrogs had stopped croaking


    22. usually not irritating, and neither is the croaking of


    23. Another stupid croaking noise escapes his throat before he closes his mouth with a snap and drops his eyes to the floor


    24. Even the frogs had ceased their croaking as if


    25. “I am Princess Simla of Old Earth,” she said, her voice croaking


    26. There happened to be no customer in the shop but Jacques Three, of the restless fingers and the croaking voice


    27. “I … have … to …” Each word was a croaking cough


    28. Then from out of the silence, imminent and threatening, there came once more that low, throaty croaking, far louder and closer than before


    29. She could hardly remain in bed and look languid and make croaking to Mrs


    30. With such gloomy thoughts, followed ever by croaking crows above them, they made their weary way back to the camp

    31. There was a harsh croaking scream, as it fell out of the air, vanishing down


    32. Down, down it came, and then, folding its fingered webs, it gave a croaking cry, and settled upon the body


    33. But this croaking was of no avail; although it was loud enough, the King's daughter did not hear it, but, hastening home, soon forgot the poor Frog, who was obliged to leap back into the fountain


    34. She lay against his shoulder with his arm around her, listening to the noises of the bush, the croaking of the frogs, the sound of crickets, and the crying of a night bird


    35. A croaking comes out of their dry lips, a whimpering, a childish protest against this awful dream


    36. The boy spoke in a croaking monotone


    37. I heard a sound like the flutter of a bird's wings, and a hoarse croaking, but that was all


    38. One black chicken which the administrator could not catch, black as night and as silent, not even croaking, awaiting Reynard, still went to roost in the next apartment


    39. It sounds like the croaking of frogs; and there is no reason apparent why the author should indulge in such a hideous eccentricity


    40. “As to the article,” said Hippolyte in his croaking voice, “I have told you already that we none of us approve of it! There is the writer,” he added, pointing to the boxer, who sat beside him

    41. Together with the fresh air and the moonlight, the croaking of the frogs entered the room, mingling with the trills of a couple of nightingales in the park and one close to the window in a bush of lilacs in bloom


    42. Listening to the nightingales and the frogs, Nekhludoff remembered the inspector’s daughter, and her music, and the inspector; that reminded him of Maslova, and how her lips trembled, like the croaking of the frogs, when she said, “You must just leave it


    43. Along with the fresh air, through the open window, came the croaking of frogs, interrupted by the whistling of nightingales, one of which was in a lilac bush under the window


    44. Listening to the nightingales and the frogs, Nekhludoff recalled the music of the inspector's daughter; and, thinking of that music, he recalled Maslova—how, like the croaking of a frog, her lips trembled when she said, "You must drop that


    1. Pressing a button on the intercom the receptionist tried, but his dry, frog-like croaks were unintelligible


    2. They had turned and looked with astonishment; their croaks and hawkish, almost unintelligible cries had been choked in concert, replaced with whispers of amazement and gasps of wonder


    3. out as one of those strange croaks if she tried to say anything


    4. Commander, bring the boy up before he croaks


    5. where the frog croaks to stay there in your face


    6. The coming of the night was signaled in by the howls, chirps, croaks and hoots of the nocturnal creatures


    7. songs of siskins, the odd croaks, rattles and burps of a strutting


    8. “C-Ciere,” he croaks, and she whirls to face him


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    Synonyms for "croak"

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    "croak" definitions

    a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog)


    pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life


    utter a hoarse sound, like a raven


    make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath