Other Word Forms
- croupily adverb
- croupiness noun
Etymology
Origin of croupy
Example Sentences
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He had been perfectly healthy until that morning, when he woke with a fever and croupy cough.
From Literature
Ben then shows his vulnerability by screaming like a croupy baby on all the rides while Amanda calmly sits next to him polishing her lip gloss.
From Time
It seemed time to acknowledge that in the future, the little girls whose hair we once brushed and whose croupy coughs we listened for would be returning as guests, not residents.
From Washington Post
Writers for The New Yorker in the 1930s and ’40s described him as a “Superman of Law” who spoke in a “gruff, croupy, dictatorial tone.”
From New York Times
Frequent spells of croupy cough and a certain degree of dyspnoea are often observed for years afterward.
From Project Gutenberg
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