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How to use croak in a sentence

23 example sentences · noun, verb

Croak means a faint, harsh sound made in the throat. Example: “He'd seen my face, so I had to croak him.”

Examples of croak by meaning

verbTo utter in a low, hoarse voice.

  • “I am so tired,” he croaked.2025 April 29, The Guardian, archived from the original on 11 Aug 2025

verbTo die.

  • “I would like to understand before I croak.2026, Sebastian Mallaby, “Introduction”, in The Infinity Machine: Demis Hassabis, DeepMind and the Quest for Superintelligence, Penguin...

verbTo kill.

  • He'd seen my face, so I had to croak him.
  • And I'm glad, damned glad, I didn't croak him.1920 June, The Electrical Experimenter, New York, page 216, column 2
  • If Wilton croaked the criminal he did a jolly good day's work, and there's an end of it.1925, G. K. Chesterton, The Arrow of Heaven (first published in Nash's Pall Mall Magazine, Jul 1925)

verbTo abort the current program indicating a user or caller error.

  • The accessor croaks if it's not an appropriate object reference.2002, Nathan Patwardhan, Ellen Siever, Stephen Spainhour, Perl, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 200

More sentences with croak

  • "Helene," he croaked, reaching out his arms—his voice tensed with the infinity of his desire.2022 September 16, Stephen Leacock, Further Foolishness, DigiCat. From the entry hoarse
  • I croak that I am sorry for having invaded her hut.2010, John Howard Griffin, Nuni. From the entry transpierce
  • “Alms, sire,” he croaked, his eyes wide and fearful, his face lean and hungry.2004 09, Julie D'Arcy, Silverdawn, Mundania Press, →ISBN, page 17. From the entry pelerine
  • 'Fust time Ah've cleared me tubes for a week,' croaked his friend, smiling wanly.1987, Sid Chaplin, Michael Chaplin, Rene Chaplin, In Blackberry Time, page 204. From the entry tubes
  • It makes no noise, the crickets and frogs are still unafraidly creaking and croaking in the dark.1963, Rosemary Millington, A Nation of Trees: Australian Rites, New Authors Limited, page 225. From the entry unafraidly
  • Holy Maly, Mothelup Joss!) his cheeks and trousers changing colour every time a gat croaked.1939, James Joyce, Finnegans Wake. From the entry shemozzle
  • "I'll hit you again, you thief !” he cried angrily, shaking “Ho-ho-ho!” he croaked.1900, Ching Foo, the Yellow Dwarf; Or the Bradys and the Opium Smokers, page 2. From the entry ho
  • It’s the sore throat overdramatised by a theatrical croak.2021 July 9, Hannah Jane Parkinson, “The sickie may be a guilty pleasure, but sometimes you just need a duvet day”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry sickie
  • And so, like all its forebears and afterbears, like everything but his present bear, the photo-exposé idea curled up and croaked.2011, Michael Griffith, Trophy: A Novel. From the entry afterbear
  • To torment, inflict pains, sorrows, rival and attack great destinies is your lot”, he croaked, paused and bellowed.”2008, Marcel D. Chukwubueze Ugwumadu, The Fiendish Triangle, Cel-Bez & Co. Publishers, →ISBN, page 1. From the entry villainly
  • Some soar to fame, flop to earth, and croak.2003, Maury Dean, Rock and Rock Gold Rush: A Singles Uncyclopedia, page 51. From the entry goldies
  • The yells and yammering, croaking, jibbering and jabbering; howls, growls and curses; shrieking and skriking, that followed were beyond description.1937, J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit. From the entry skrike
  • My bewildered mind was deep in ponderment, and the distant croaking of ravens blended in evil litany with my thoughts.1937 April, Robert Bloch, “The Mannikin”, in Weird Tales, volume 29, number 4, page 450. From the entry ponderment
  • I’ll croak if I got to hustle.1903 February, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “Hygeia at the Solito”, in Everybody’s Magazine, volume VIII, number 2, New…. From the entry bughouse
  • No on had time to answer, for just then all frogdom seemed to croak inquiringly, in answer to the sounds coming from the burlap bag.2009, Frank H. Cheley, The Three Rivers Kids, page 87. From the entry frogdom
  • Speaking of toads—after a rainfall in South African country places, the roads would be hopping with great, fat, ugly, croaking toads (known to us kids as 'podders').2006, F. M. K. Ridgway, Our Wandering Years, page 227. From the entry podder
  • And, inevitably, in and amongst the messages from the faithful, a few wags have left their contributions: "Elvis, you came, you saw, you conquered, you croaked."1992, Ted Harrison, Elvis People: The Cult of the King, Fount, →ISBN, page 78. From the entry Elvisdom

Meaning of croak

  1. noun A faint, harsh sound made in the throat.
  2. noun The call of a frog or toad.
  3. noun The harsh call of various birds, such as the raven or corncrake, or other creatures.

Full definition of croak

Questions about croak in a sentence

How do you use croak in a sentence?
Croak is used as a noun and verb. For example: “He'd seen my face, so I had to croak him.”
What is a short sentence with croak?
““I am so tired,” he croaked.”
What does croak mean?
Croak means a faint, harsh sound made in the throat.

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