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noun

croak

a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog)

In a sentence

Six example sentences with croak, each labelled with its topic.

  • After the first warm rain, a single croak from the ditch became hundreds, and the whole marsh sounded alive.

    Environment

  • Three days of touring left the singer with nothing but a croak, so the band played an instrumental set instead.

    Music

  • The sound designer built the creature's voice from a low croak slowed down and layered under a rumbling bass note.

    Movies

  • Poe's bird answers every question with the same croak, and the narrator hears his own dread inside it.

    Literature

  • Each species of frog has its own croak, and biologists count populations at night by ear alone.

    Science

  • By the fourth quarter the coach's voice had shrunk to a croak, and his assistants relayed every call.

    Basketball

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