croak
Example Sentences
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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
“If I croak tomorrow, I can honestly say that I wouldn’t be any happier than I am here today,” Sandersen said.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 12, 2023
Purdue, unlike Virginia, which lost by 20, kept a lukewarm hope into the closing minute, only to see it croak in disarray and send the Knights in blue charging and dancing onto the floor.
From Washington Post • Mar. 17, 2023
My voice came out like a croak, so I cleared my throat and tried again.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.