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Ali gasped and looked up as a bullfrog croaked from the pond.

To Hit a Woman (Lightly) Andrew Bowen 2010

In his best days, Joe kind of croaked and screamed out his songs, but the words were at least recognizable.

Home again…briefly | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2008

Could Bisbee have referred to some other Jim who had "croaked" recently?

The Avalanche Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton 1902

This was written by Drake, but he and Halleck together "croaked" the following lines, which show that New York life at the beginning of the nineteenth century had something of the variety of London in the time of

History of American Literature Reuben Post Halleck 1897

Only Miss Everett "croaked," and, dearly as she loved her,

Tom and Some Other Girls A Public School Story George de Horne Vaizey 1887

I kind of croaked out to my partner that if the baby was a girl I was going to call it Yoshimi ... lucky he was a boy.

Fussy 2010

He opened his mouth to speak, but he only croaked.

A Simple Case 2010

Two weeks into the new TV season, two new shows have already croaked -- but no new show has really reached ratings nirvana.

TV Column: CBS heads the field in the new TV season's winners and losers Lisa de Moraes 2010

The boy croaked a soft reply as more bourbon gurgled into Ron's glass.

We're All Guys Here Thomas Pluck 2011

More and more until one day I woke up and croaked like a frog.

msagara: Good Enough is Never Enough. Maybe... msagara 2009