croak
verb (used without object)
to utter a low-pitched, harsh cry, as the sound of a frog or a raven.
were croaking
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past progressiveof croak.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Soon the copy for both the lamp and the case was done, the sun was low in the sky and the frogs at Rogen’s place were croaking.
From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2021
It was warm and humid, and frogs were croaking.
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
Only the frogs seemed to be awake, and they were croaking away in the water.
From Lulu, Alice and Jimmie Wibblewobble by Howard Roger Garis
The butterflies and dragon-flies had all gone to bed, and now the great night-bugs and buzzing beetles were out; the katydids were chirping in the trees, and the frogs were croaking among the long reeds.
From Ting-a-ling by Frank Richard Stockton
The frogs were croaking, and the rats were slipping in and out of the shadowy water, like live shadows themselves, as I got nearer to the marshy side of the lake.
From The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
