croak
verb (used without object)
to utter a low-pitched, harsh cry, as the sound of a frog or a raven.
have croaked
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present perfectof croak.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Bowls have croaked here and there and everywhere through time, but this one .
From Washington Post ● Dec. 21, 2019
But the rose has an awful lot of dead wood and, in truth, may have croaked well before the spring peepers now in voice.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 11, 2019
"If Merriwell's muscles hadn't been as tough as steel," continued Diamond, "he would have croaked before this."
From Frank Merriwell's Return to Yale by Burt L. Standish
Ne'er fear; I quit that filthy bog, Where I so long have croaked incog: People of talents, sure, should thrive, And not be buried thus alive.
From Favourite Fables in Prose and Verse by Harrison Weir
He could not have croaked a note if failure to do it had meant instant death.
From Gigolo by Edna Ferber
