CROAK in a Sentence
Learn CROAK from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
22 example sentences for CROAK, such as:
1. And I hope Aunt March won't croak.
2. The croak would be almost identical.
3. He sat on the playground listening to the distant croak.
4. Everyone seemed rather out of sorts and inclined to croak.
5. Laurie opened the window, and croaked out as hoarsely as a raven.
2. The croak would be almost identical.
3. He sat on the playground listening to the distant croak.
4. Everyone seemed rather out of sorts and inclined to croak.
5. Laurie opened the window, and croaked out as hoarsely as a raven.
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Meanings and Examples of CROAK
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croak
v. utter a hoarse sound, like a raven
v. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
Classic Sentence: (21 in 2 pages)
1 Amy chirped like a cricket, and Jo wandered through the airs at her own sweet will, always coming out at the wrong place with a croak or a quaver that spoiled the most pensive tune.
2 Everyone seemed rather out of sorts and inclined to croak.
3 I hate to borrow as much as Mother does, and I knew Aunt March would croak, she always does, if you ask for a ninepence.
4 And I hope Aunt March won't croak.
5 Men always croak when they are hungry, and Jo whisked out at the front door after that.
6 Then the bandit thrice imitated the cry of a crow; a croak answered this signal.
7 But so it is the same thing that all the frogs croak before a storm.
8 As if a rook had hopped unseen to a prominent bald branch, he touched his collar and hemmed his preliminary croak.
9 The croak would be almost identical.
10 Then the peasant pinched the raven's head, so that he croaked and made a noise like krr, krr.
11 Then the peasant once more pinched the raven's head till he croaked loudly.
12 Laurie opened the window, and croaked out as hoarsely as a raven.
13 Nothing stirred over the vast expanse save a pair of ravens, which croaked loudly from a tor behind us.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In Chapter 7. The Stapletons of Merripit House
Context Highlight In Chapter 7. The Stapletons of Merripit House
14 On the way he passed by a marsh, in which a number of frogs were sitting croaking.
15 Scarcely had he spoken these words when he heard a croaking over his head, and looked up and saw seven ravens as black as coal flying round and round.
Example Sentence:
1 He sat on the playground listening to the distant croak.