Example Sentences
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“Even if I wanted to go home, I don’t know the way no more,” Robbie croaks.
From Salon • Oct. 6, 2025
At the end of “The Final Conflict,” the third “Omen” movie from 1981, Damien the Antichrist croaks out the words, “Nazarene, you have won ... nothing,” then collapses.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2024
A healthy coral reef is noisy, full of the croaks, purrs, and grunts of various fishes and the crackling of snapping shrimp.
From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2024
These beady-eyed amphibians can be found on the banks of noisy streams throughout China, where the rapids would drown out ordinary croaks and chirps.
From Science Magazine • Mar. 11, 2024
From the deepest silence erupt groans and howls, snorts and squawks, creaks and croaks.
From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech
