croak

"There's no time for that. Glasgow on the weekend, mate, it's bouncing," the Scot said with a slight croak in his voice.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

Finding the beauty in that hellish croak — something that Josh Groban was able to do in the last Broadway revival — can prove exceptionally difficult.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2026

There’s a wicked irony in micromanaging your entire life on Earth only to croak and have your soul potentially jettisoned to some formless state of being, entirely unknown to mere mortals.

From Salon ● Nov. 27, 2025

Frogs croak and croak, their mating calls echoing in the air.

From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2023

Between his deep croak, Hannah’s squeaky warble, and the fact that they were making up words on the fly Coal began to giggle.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

“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

The old master’s voice croaks like an old bullfrog.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

"Vooaaria!" the bird croaked, a concoction of sounds that resembled a drunken old man.

From Barron's ● May 20, 2026

"The only flowers anyone saw in Aston were the ones you threw in the hole after you when you croaked it at the age of 53 'cos you'd worked yourself to death."

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2025

When she asked him what she needed to bring with them, he croaked, “The clocks.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2024

“What’s different? You are different …” I croaked out.

From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2023

Bullfrogs croaked in a feverish dirge, while larger game, alarmed by my trespass, thrashed through the underbrush, making me feel as though I was being pursued on all sides.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

Woody croaking out, “So long, partner” as he drives away?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026

“As we got to the end of the season losing these games, it was just croaking me,” Kraft says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026

Maybe that’s not the most dignified way to go, but for Annette and others like her, it’s better than croaking in the heat of the desert sun.

From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2025

In one case, the Telegraph reports, a couple in the French countryside was ordered to get rid of a pond because the sound of croaking frogs annoyed the neighbors.

From NewsForKids.net ● Mar. 13, 2024

But no one came, and her shrieking only frightened Aziza, who began to cry again, a weak, croaking sound.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini