Sentence examples for croaked from inspiring English sources

RH Tawney's self-satisfied bullfrog sat on the bank and croaked to the tadpoles in the pond that they had only themselves to blame for not evolving into a superior species.

When he finally caught the bus home to his dinner, still with his wellies on, croaked after hauling wooden boxes of haddock or hanging kipper kilns in the roof, other passengers would say "What a horrible smell of fish!" and change their seats.But they were characters who worked there.

And, inevitably, disillusion has followed.The king has not yet turned into a frog, but his political party almost croaked at local elections across the country on October 26th.

They croaked plaintively through the night.To the naked eye, many frogs are unremarkable; yet the camera loves them.

We hadn't gone five hundred yards down the dirt lane that would take us to the village, where there were taxis, buses, even a rail line that would give us access to the whole of the country, to freedom, to the slim and beautiful, to Rosita, when he sat ponderously on a wet stump overgrown with black twisted vines and, wheezing heavily, croaked, "I can't go on".

The pickpocket leaned forward and croaked at the driver.

"Aaaaaz-uh," croaked the old woman, her eyes fixed on the TV screen.

I croaked, "Hello," as I passed into the apartment and headed towards William's room.