Example Sentences

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At first they will croak a guttural sound that means they are taking stock of a potential threat.

From Scientific American • Apr. 18, 2018

First, the bus will croak after having to transport such a heavy load.

From Washington Post • Aug. 2, 2015

When you come into the garden we will not sing to you sweetly, but we will croak at you like so many crows, and call you ‘Naughty, naughty boy!’

From Norman Vallery or, How to Overcome Evil with Good by Kingston, William Henry Giles

He not less will croak and croak   As he ever caws and caws, Till the starry dance he broke,   Till the sphery pæan pause, And the universal chime Falter out of tune and time.

From The Poems of William Watson by Watson, William

"Oh, you are always croaking--" "And I will croak once more," said the discharged official.

From Gordon Keith by Page, Thomas Nelson