Example Sentences

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"We were just hanging out at home," he says, croakily.

From BBC • Sep. 20, 2013

They knew that old Frank’s devotion to the house and grounds amounted almost to an obsession, and it amused them to see him limping across the garden, brandishing his stick and yelling croakily at them.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling