Croaked

Ali gasped and looked up as a bullfrog croaked from the pond. ❋ Andrew Bowen (2010)

In his best days, Joe kind of croaked and screamed out his songs, but the words were at least recognizable. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Could Bisbee have referred to some other Jim who had "croaked" recently? ❋ 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 ❋ Reuben Post Halleck (1897)

Only Miss Everett "croaked," and, dearly as she loved her, ❋ 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. ❋ Unknown (2010)

“Mr. Ravich says he was a musician,” he croaked through clenched teeth. ❋ P. G. Sturges (2011)

Two weeks into the new TV season, two new shows have already croaked -- but no new show has really reached ratings nirvana. ❋ Lisa De Moraes (2010)

I croaked out, the sight choking the words from my mouth. ❋ Allison Pang (2011)

The boy croaked a soft reply as more bourbon gurgled into Ron's glass. ❋ Thomas Pluck (2011)

I croaked the words and tried to move, but my feet were wedged in molasses. ❋ Allison Pang (2011)

"La la, it is Nam-Bok," Bask-Wah-Wan croaked, peering up into his face. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Because of the financial panic and severe recession, more issuers than expected croaked, and Berkshire had to pay the contract holders $2.5 billion. ❋ Unknown (2011)

He opened his mouth to speak, but he only croaked. ❋ Unknown (2010)

If he didn't make the settlement on the Yukon he'd croaked long before this. ❋ Unknown (2010)

If I hadn't learned the trick, I'd have croaked along with him. ❋ Unknown (2010)

More and more until one day I woke up and croaked like a frog. ❋ Msagara (2009)

Some old great white hunter had croaked and given the college lots of his trophies and some of the odder ones ended up in storage. ❋ Unknown (2009)