| 单词 | croak |
| 例句 | “Get out, both of you,” croaked Uncle Vernon, stuffing the letter back inside its envelope. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Harriet thought, Eliza is right—it is as though we had died together and been buried in a common grave, and croaked, “We got to go free or die.” Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I try to speak but my voice croaks. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z I meant to shout but it came out as a weak croak, “Don’t touch me.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It’s a bad voice, even for a guy, like a frog croaking. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z “Merry Christmas,” I say, my voice coming out in a tiny croak. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z “Yes,” I croaked, and wiped away a few drops of blood. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z From the deepest silence erupt groans and howls, snorts and squawks, creaks and croaks. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z As if sensing danger, the bird croaks louder and struggles to get away but to no avail. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z With a croak, Werfel got his voice again. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z “Go and eat your dinner, you’ll feel better after it. Men always croak when they are hungry,” and Jo whisked out at the front door after that. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z I croaked, keeping my hand close against my chest to shield the view from outsiders. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z It summoned up all its courage and let loose a mighty croak, which cracked the acorn to bits and freed the witch. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z At best he could manage croaks and whispers. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z "Jaime?" he croaked, almost choking on the blood that filled his mouth. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “That slip of a lass’ll never shift that shell,” croaked the gunner. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “Kreacher apologizes for the delay in bringing the thief, Master,” croaked the elf. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Bullfrogs croaked in a feverish dirge, while larger game, alarmed by my trespass, thrashed through the underbrush, making me feel as though I was being pursued on all sides. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry, dude. I’m really sorry,” he croaked, voice breaking. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z His first attempt at an order came as a croak. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Noah croaks out and then doubles over again. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry about all of this,” she croaked. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z And she, who was never at a loss, croaked, “My voice?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Blast it, Donal, did you have to open it a second time?” croaked Shady. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The girls were rolling all over the platform in spasms of laughter while Josh croaked and flapped. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Jack found them, and was shivering and croaking in a voice they could just recognize as his. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Into the Object’s face, into her ears he kept hissing and croaking. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I was only six months old and I was supposed to croak during the surgery. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z “Every one belongs to every . . .” Her voice suddenly died into an almost inaudible breathless croaking. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “After this I'm going to learn how to swim,” he croaked. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Chubs let out a surprised croak as we rolled, picking up brush and embers along the way. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “There,” he croaked, red dripping down his face like blood. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Another cuffed her, and she began to croak out her chant once more. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z All around us the toads are croaking to one another in their strange night song. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The frogs, who all came up near the river, went straight into it with a plop- plop and a loud croaking. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z I’m not sure how long I crouched on that strip of sidewalk, freezing my sac off, waiting for that bird to croak. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The smaller one croaked something at her and flicked its head toward the path again, and then they turned back to each other. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z The raven croaked again and bounced forward, flapping its wings. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “I . . . have . . . to . . .” Each word was a croaking cough. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z My mouth has grown so dry that I croak when I try to speak. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The monkey shrieks and birdcalls, the insect scrapings and frog croakings, and the incessant drip-drip of condensing moisture sounded very loud to Will, outside it. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Their voices beat the night, they boomed and barked and croaked and rattled. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The pond was fringed with reeds, where a frog was croaking. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “I miss Father, and Mother too,” he croaked. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He seemed greatly delighted to feel the water, and chuckled to himself, sometimes even croaking in a sort of song. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z His raven gave a single flap of his big wings, croaked “Corn,” and ruffled his feathers up again. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z And the man was croaking, ranting, not to Maniac now but to the people. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z My voice is a croak and even I don’t believe me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z By evening the voice dwindles to a croaking. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Harriet tried to say something, and her voice was only a croaking sound in her throat. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “Cold,” I croak, and he looks even more terrified. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I answered Mom with a croak, my mouth not working quite right yet. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z When the mailman opened the box, Fly leapt out with a frantic croak. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The croaking sound of frogs broke the silence, and within seconds a swarm of tadpoles followed by a pair of goldfish filled the clearing. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Grackles began croaking in the trees, and trucks began to move along the streets of Thurmont, below her window. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Bending over, croaking like a bullfrog that had been caught by a water moccasin, he started going around in a circle. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Later, in the dark, after the movie had started, I heard Hassan next to me, croaking. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The toads pranced and twirled and shimmied to the finish line where, with one final croak and sidestep, Bob passed the red ribbon, victorious. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z And, before they could answer, he went on in his strange croaking way: “Well, don’t just stand there in the cold; come in, come in. It’s lucky you happened by; none of you looks well.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z He’d come into my room an hour later, his eyes glassy, his voice croaking, and asked me to forgive him. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It was warm and humid, and frogs were croaking. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Water,” the voice said in a parched, croaking whisper. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z I say, my throat suddenly so dry it comes out like a croak. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z But what she doesn’t consider is that if by some miracle I was standing in front of the judges and live studio audience, I wouldn’t be able to croak out a word. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z It took a few seconds for June’s words to sink in, and when they did, all Ivy could get out was a croaked “What?” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Better Joe looked out into the night—with a great commanding croak, pointed at Charles, and through the crush of devotees, bid him approach. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The voice of a different frog, hoarser and not so deep, croaked from the nearest bank. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do you mean,” Harry croaked, “that was Vol — ” “Harry! Harry, are you all right?” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Seeing me, the older girl lowered the barrel of her gun and croaked out, “Do you have any water?” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, Jinny, you okay?” croaked Jak, as he pulled a stinger from his arm. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “I can’t,” she croaked, looking at his moonlit profile, his thick shoulders and broad chest, the tufts of gray hair protruding from his open collar. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Tiny sputters and coughs a bit and then croaks, "My throat. So raw." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z The frog on the bank croaked in response and leapt into the moon-dappled river. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Probably it was just his brain getting fried from poison fumes, but he croaked out a laugh. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Climb onto my shoulders,” the man croaked, squatting down atop the bench. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “The Gestapo can come, and we can be done, and it can be over! Police!” she croaks. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z To the utter amazement of all, when Russell finally croaked, “Time,” Maniac Magee was still there, alive, smiling, apparently unharmed. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “I remembered what you said,” Harison croaked, folding the burlap back from his hat. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “Nothing like that ever happened before either,” Bernabe finally managed to croak. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A couple bullfrogs were starting to croak in the marsh grass, and every once in a while there was a little bloop! when a fish jumped. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Moses sprang off his perch and flapped after her, croaking loudly. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z “Dead, for all we know,” the Toad’s voice croaked. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Only the sounds of the marsh answered, croaking frogs and singing cicadas. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Mosquitoes bit at her but she lingered outside anyway, listening to the wind in the pines and the frogs croaking across the marsh. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “What—” Her voice croaked when she tried to speak. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He croaked a laugh and little pieces of granola shot out. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “Afraid of the world,” Ruth croaks, before coughing loudly into her mittened hand. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z He felt alone and unprotected, and scraping crickets and shrilling tree frogs and croaking toads seemed to be carrying the melody of evil. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z He made a noise, something between a grunt and a croak, then stood quickly. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “That reflects how I’ll do on the real test,” he croaks. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “Harry...I as good as killed them,” he croaked. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “Yeh came,” croaked Hagrid, when he opened the door and saw Harry emerging from the Invisibility Cloak in front of him. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The frog had fine, strong legs and a wonderful, full- throated croak and was the pride of its mother and father. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I mean, that’s supposed to be the real danger period because they feel energetic, but if they exert themselves, they can have another attack and croak. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z He gave a weak croak that might have been a chuckle on a better day. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They marched alongside the stream as it fattened into a river, alert all the while to the constant sound track of caws, shrieks, growls, and croaks. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “No,” she answered, her voice a quivering croak. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He croaked and threw his hands up to try to relieve the pressure as he fell on his back and the wind was knocked out of his lungs. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Mrs. Ames tried to speak and her voice was a croaking whisper. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The raven flapped its wings and gobbled up the morsel, then croaked at Ivan. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “Food. Please tell me there’s food,” he croaked. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “Happy birthday,” he’d croaked to his reflection, practicing a smile, but only managing a grimace. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “Katniss?” a voice croaks out from my left, breaking apart from the general din. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “What?” she croaked and then came at me again. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “I think I’m okay,” he croaked, standing up. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Now there were no birds to sing, no squirrels to chitter, no frogs to croak, no fish to play in the forest pool. Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Your mouth closes and your lips purse and all you can manage is a strangled croak. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He wriggled free, his throat so tight he could scarce talk. ". . . yield . . ." he managed to croak faintly. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It was like the croaking of a frog, hoarse, tuneless. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you take ... thorn out of foot,” croaked Matt. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Coach, come on. I can play,” Will croaked. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Instantly, Worsley sat up and croaked, “Keep her away four points.” Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z After several attempts, I croaked, “Can just any dog be in this hunt?” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Hours seemed to pass before I finally croaked, “Yes.” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z “You look like something out of a monster movie,” she croaked. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z From somewhere way down in the woods, a bullfrog croaked, sending his deep-throated call echoing out into the cool evening air. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z She took a deep breath, which made the paralyzed muscles in her chest flinch with pain, and managed to croak, “Say please.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Hazel shifted under its gaze, and it turned to its partner and croaked something. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z They watched the darkness fall softly and the first stars begin to twinkle in the sky, listened to the croaking of the frogs, and kept their silence. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Frogs croaked aggressively at the young oblate, each croak like a curse. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “You will...you will not take me alive,” he croaked. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z The creatures of the Stone circled a while croaking, and one by one beat back ponderously inland over the moors. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z I, meanwhile, croaked out a laugh that sounded like a rhinoceros in heat. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He made a croaking sound and fought his way to his knees, fumbling for a weapon. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “He took Sohrab a month ago,” Zaman finally croaked, hands still shielding his face. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Sorry, Hazel. This must be really hard. Do you want some time—” “No,” she croaked. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “What are you doing in this musty old room, anyway?” he asked in his croak of a voice, walking over to where Klaus was sitting. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z When it got to the head of the bed, I almost croaked—it wasn’t him. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z And then they ran faster than a quickening spell, with Edgar Allan Toad, who Seven had completely forgotten about, croaking from her pocket the whole way. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z “Well, bed rest is what the doctor ordered,” I croaked. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z By the second Tuesday night, I had gotten it about down and could say “toads” with a bloodcurdling croak when my mother knocked on my bedroom door. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Down, down it came, and then, folding its fingered webs, it gave a croaking cry, and settled upon the body of Snowmane, digging in its claws, stooping its long naked neck. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z But as he thought about this question, he found his voice, though it croaked and wobbled. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z It was no wonder Seven’s toad was the worst; he hated music and croaked loudly whenever she tried to train him using any of the approved classical music for training. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z “It might have been the week before,” he croaked. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The air vibrated with the same inharmonic racket of squealing, burbling, croaking, and cheeping birds. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Wrenching away from each other, they slapped cheeks, shoulders, heads—she hitched her blouse up and croaked, “Hey, man, let’s get out of here!” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He heard his babas voice, but other things too: a bullfrog’s croak, the buzz of a thousand cicadas, creatures he couldn’t name. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “Papa,” Amil croaked, finally opening his eyes, and pulled on Papa’s arm. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Don’t stop reading the story, please,” she croaked out. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z My voice came out in a shuddery croak. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z There was a harsh croaking scream, as it fell out of the air, vanishing down into the gloom of the eastern shore. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z But croaking seemed to work great with the grating, mismatched sounds that came from the instruments behind me. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Something between a croak and a squeak comes out of my mouth. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Mam lets out a long cry, Oh, Jesus, Jesus, and a jackdaw croaks in a tree. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “Oh, the gods punished him in the afterlife,” Tantalus croaked. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z "One bird croaking my name was bad enough," said Jon, "and snow's nothing a black brother wants to hear about." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Lousy,” croaked Ron, wincing as he felt his injured arm. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “Can’t be much further, can it?” croaked Ron, hours later still, as the sun started to sink into their floor of cloud, staining it a deep pink. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “I'm not supposed to eat anything until sunrise,” he croaked. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The old master’s voice croaks like an old bullfrog. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He also seemed to be trying to speak, or make a noise, but all that came out was a croak. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z “What time is it?” she asked, her voice just a croak. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “She had a good life,” croaks Ruth, banging her cane against the wood floor for emphasis. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z She meant it to sound like a brave challenge, but it came out as more of a croak. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z This smarted a little, and Amarante croaked a string of feeble curses as he limped around in the road, amazed by what a flabby uncoordinated old geezer he had become. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “You did that yourself, Your Majesty,” the old man croaked. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z As they passed overhead, in so dense a throng that their shadow followed them darkly over the ground below, one harsh croak was heard. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “Remind me,” I croak, my throat dry, head aching. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z At Mother’s house I recently found my dusty Complete Emily Dickinson with its margins littered shockingly by my old palindromes: Evil deed live! croaked that other Adah, and I wonder, Which evil was it, exactly? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “I know it wasn’t easy for you, Max,” I added, my voice croaking now. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z At dawn, a frog began croaking belligerently from the streambed. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Because I’m pretty sure only a croak would emerge, scaring him off. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z They now sound like choking, or a bullfrog’s croak. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Sounds of the marsh filtered in through the cracked-open window: frogs croaking, cicadas singing, and the call of screech owls. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z It served him right to die like that, feverish and so weak at the end that he was croaking nonsense. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Finally my companion croaked, “Is that a light!” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z We walk around the twisting trunks, going off the beaten path toward the trilling croaks of more tree frogs. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z As promised in the list, she brought a Kurt Vonnegut book, Cat’s Cradle, and she read aloud to me, her soft voice mingling with the the frogs’ croaking and the grasshoppers landing softly around us. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Every time Pinch slipped too far away the bird croaked, “Gaygo, Pinch!” The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Aunt Best croaked, ‘Look at those silver buttons on his coat. I’m sure he stole them.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z His voice caught in his throat, and what came out was a broken croak. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She looked worse than anyone else, and when she said hello, her voice croaked out of her throat. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I clear my throat and try to say it louder, but it still comes out in a croak: “Al Capone.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z In a ragged, barely audible voice, Rob croaked, “Harold was with me last night, but he doesn’t seem to be with me now. He was very weak.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z A sound of jingling harness and the croak of heavy-laden axles sounded from outside. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The whole time I worked, Winn-Dixie followed me, and Gertrude followed him, flying behind him and sitting on his head and his back and croaking real quiet to herself, “Dog, dog.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “In every sentence they menace our poor veins. Their language is as frightful to the ears of the alarmed multitude as the raven’s croak to those of the sickly flock.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z After a time, she was too tired to run fast and her shout came out a croak as hoarse as the crows’. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z “We never have any fun, and you have to sit there like an old vulture and preach. Go croak somewhere else!” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “What happened to the other boy? Ron?” croaked Sirius. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I wish this one would hurry up and croak because her husband has been getting a little too friendly lately.” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z “Is that him?” croaks Camel from behind the trunks. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He stood there, gulping breath, and then he tried to call out, but his throat was dry, and his wind was gone, and his voice came from him in a dry sort of croaking whisper. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z His voice is a croak, but he is entirely awake, and I can understand him. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Yossarian emitted a long, loud, croaking gasp of protest when he trudged in tiredly after a mission and found them already there. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z "This is very good counsel, Sire," croaked the Raven. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z But his voice croaked, and the name fell dead almost as it left his lips. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z She’d eaten about three bites when a raven settled on the telephone pole above and began to croak at them. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Finally, the coughing stopped, and he croaked out a question. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z “Look, I’m not whatever it is you think I am,” I croaked. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The small talk and compliments went on so long I was fixing to croak. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Master called me?” croaked Kreacher, sinking into a bow even as he gave Harry a look that plainly wished him a painful death. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Kreacher’s croaking voice seemed to come to him from across that dark water. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I won’t be croaking songs into the night like the tiny little frogs do. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z The woods were loud with strange sounds and chirps and croaks, like a wall of noise coming out of the trees. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z “Why does your breath still smell weird?” my voice croaked. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z But the crickets always win, long after the frogs stop croaking and the owl has found its way home. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z “No. More,” he croaked, so hoarse he was not certain he had even spoken. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z We could smoke and no great aunt would smell us and croak. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “Thank you,” Moss croaked, the emotion getting the best of him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z A frog croaked near me and my heart jumped. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Well, I say “sing,” but I really mean “croak.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z When it finally did, I sounded like I was croaking out the lyrics. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z The pond is overrun with bullfrogs that croak all night long. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z She tried to shout “Joe!” but her voice thickened to a croak. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z My throat was so dry I could hear my voice croaking. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “I’d wring your neck if you were mine, you old torment,” cried Laurie, shaking his fist at the bird, who put his head on one side and gravely croaked, “Allyluyer! bless your buttons, dear!” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “What—” Her voice croaked when she tried to speak. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “Dog,” she croaked, and flew over and landed on his head. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z There aren’t any more croaking frogs, so I know he heard me. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Leave me some,” I croaked, my voice hoarse and my breath short. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z My voice came out like a croak, so I cleared my throat and tried again. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “It’s stopped,” I try to say, but only an awful croaking sound comes from my swollen mouth. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Finally he croaked, “Come back in the morning, and we’ll see if you fit in the last maid’s uniform.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She didn’t know exactly when his life went except that Andeg croaked three times, longingly, as though for his playmate. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z The swamp’s stillness was disturbed only by the croaking of a frog and the splash as it leaped into a puddle nearby. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z I located his face, which for some odd reason was undulating, and croaked, “Sure I can, Harry.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Thorn straightened up and nodded, and Seven couldn’t help but think how hard it must be for Thorn to watch people she cared about almost croak. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z “We’re not Snape!” croaked Harry, before something whooshed over him like cold air and his tongue curled backward on itself, making it impossible to speak. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “Yeah,” I croak, but then I swallow hard and say, “Yeah, we got this!” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z She was dead before I remember, but George Hamilton told me about it many years later and his eyes filled with tears and his voice croaked in the telling. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z To his amazement, when he finished, a real frog croaked from his picture and jumped away! When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z At long last, the train stopped at Hogsmeade station, and there was a great scramble to get outside; owls hooted, cats meowed, and Neville’s pet toad croaked loudly from under his hat. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z From somewhere down in the woods, a bullfrog croaked, sending an echo across the mountains. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z It wasn't much of a noise, just a brittle croaking. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z But no one came, and her shrieking only frightened Aziza, who began to cry again, a weak, croaking sound. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “We didn’t ask for this problem,” Amarante croaked in his garbled Spanish. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And then, just as I thought he might have drifted to sleep, he said with a croak, “I am so khasta.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The rocker croaked a steady rhythm while Joana stared off into the darkness. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z In my dreams the old man on the mall bench raised a wobbling head and croaked, “How dare you forgive me.” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z He stood leaning in the back doorway and spitting until I thought I would croak. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z From time to time, a frog croaked and plopped into the water, alarmed by the slow approach of the drifting boat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It created a cacophony of hacking coughs, bronchial rattles, asthmatic wheezes, consumptive croaks. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I start to say, my fascination coming out as a hoarse croak. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z My stomach was still in a knot, and all I could do was clutch the microphone, but at least I wasn’t croaking anymore. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z It was full spring and in the shallow pool the frogs croaked drowsily. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z My voice comes out as a hoarse croak. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z One of them croaked and nodded at her from across the field, and then at the clock face. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z At first, all that came out was a hoarse croak, and then he was choking, coughing, hacking the gritty gray dust out of his throat and lungs. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z “Hello,” he managed, his voice emerging as an ugly croak. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z My voice croaked from my throat as air fought to escape. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z But his voice is nimble, a deep outer-borough croak that is a register or two away from demonic, before bursting into a girlish giggle. Pete Davidson’s New Special Seems Like It Could Use a Hug 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z The means of Tree’s expirations are unoriginal and not especially scary, but the director, Christopher Landon, maintains a breezy momentum while she wakes, runs, croaks and repeats. Review: Dead Again … and Again in ‘Happy Death Day’ 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z When the chorus arrives, though, the track quickly shifts, the women’s voices suddenly crowded with high-pitched distortions and croaking stops. Listening Booth: HAIM Returns with a Summer-Ready Dance Track 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z “It’s the most fun I’ve had professionally,” he croaks and leans back in his chair. Sean Penn: ‘Some of my best laughs have come out of the worst reviews’ 2018-05-05T04:00:00Z Strings skittered and squealed; woodwinds huffed almost inaudibly; a viola croaked as if stretched on a medieval rack; a pianist tried, again and again, to restore calm. Music Review: Contact!, New York Philharmonic Series at Met Museum 2012-12-26T22:31:15Z “Not quite,” he says in his US east coast croak. Todd Haynes: 'People who say Trump is bound to win are letting it happen' 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z That theme is more suitable for a balladeer whose lyrics crawl inside the bitter sentiments of the ignorant or the dispossessed, and which he performs in the croak of a surly hobo. Randy Newman's Faust: The Devil Laughs and Cries 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z And at dusk bats fly low as frogs commence with their full-throated croaking. Following Audubon?s Footsteps in Louisiana 2010-04-15T21:58:00Z Another elderly gentleman, a childhood friend of Balogun, croaked out a rendition of “Happy Birthday.” T Magazine: In Lagos, the 1% Takes Stock 2014-04-25T17:00:01Z It’s now a recurring motif in “Outlander,” whenever Claire steps in to cure one of several wretched characters who would have otherwise croaked. Perspective | In Starz’s enjoyably escapist ‘Outlander,’ a relevant story line about finding the cure 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z “Everyone in line in the bathroom/trying to get a line in the bathroom,” she sings at one point, in an alluring, husky croak. Critic’s Notebook: The Diverging Musical Paths of Selena Gomez and Miley Cyrus 2013-07-24T21:18:26Z It sounded like heavenly croaking from the beyond. Why do music festivals matter? For an answer, America, look to Salzburg 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z These two are absconders from responsibility, a pair of croaking ravens, one part Chaplin and two parts Lear. Two Lifetime Crooks Wait for a Missing Daughter, With Shades of Beckett 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z "I am the Shade," the bioterrorist who menaces our species balefully croaks in Inferno. Inferno by Dan Brown – review 2013-05-19T07:00:02Z They progress to croaking ravens and a mix of orange and yellow at the horizon. ‘The Ranch’: In Mexico, a spa’s luxury inspires a cultish devotion 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z A few sound effects — the patter of raindrops, for instance — competed with the croaking of Peterborough’s crickets. Perspective | An ‘Our Town’ for our time, staged in the New England community that inspired it 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z It’s dark in the rainforest, the air thick with strange croaks and chirps, and our group moves slowly, following José’s torchlight. It’s a jungle out there: Costa Rica with kids 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z “This is exactly what I need,” one croaked sincerely. Critical Shopper: A Big Discount Store Moves Uptown - Critical Shopper 2011-10-12T20:11:11Z “It Might Be a Bird,” by Alyssa Weinberg, created a similar rhythmic effect through meditative repetition, but with sounds closer to noise, such as croaking bow-scrapes and trembling dissonant clusters. Review | San Francisco’s Amaranth Quartet offers world premieres in its D.C. debut 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z As were Paul, Pris, Ali, Rob and Haze, who have also come up to visit us for a final reunion before Guy croaks. The Quarry: Iain Banks – digested read 2013-06-23T19:00:02Z It starts with a haunting ethereal sound and samples of a cricket's croak, which runs through the song too. Letters To Fiesta – New Band Up North #27 2013-05-20T16:00:01Z Among them, the fact he's relieved millions around the UK from croaking that annual, agonised: "When?" Should Andy Murray receive a knighthood? 2013-07-14T08:09:02Z It was the quietest part of the course, tucked away from the croaks and moans of the construction. In Dubai, Swinging Clubs Under the Stars 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z Growls, rasps and croaks emanate from deep in the throat and typically form drone chords, with overtones somehow manipulated to produce added whistling sounds, even melodies, high above. Music Review: ‘Collected Stories’ Series Continues at Zankel Hall 2014-04-25T20:41:35Z Earlier in the set, when he comes out with his acoustic guitar and starts to give a solo rendition of "Ikyadarh Dim" in his gentle, splintered croak, strange things happen. Tinariwen: Sahara to New York City 2011-08-20T23:04:07Z “I sound like a frog, I’m sorry,” she croaks. Wonder Woman reborn: how she stole limelight from Batman and Superman 2016-03-26T04:00:00Z “I got a breaking news alert when I croaked,” some overachiever has surely bragged in the great beyond. A Book of Cheeky Obituaries Highlights ‘Eccentric Lives’ 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z Not that we’re rooting for a teenage girl to croak, but without this formative event — which catapults the living sisters into adulthood — the version might as well be called “Little Girls.” We watched 15 straight hours of ‘Little Women,’ and things got weird 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z This mixture of egotism, judgmentalism and aggrievement has a corrosive effect, like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to croak. A Novelist-Turned-Cabby Hates His Life. Thanks to Uber, It’s About to Get Worse. 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z In the end, Leonard Nimoy’s stoic Mr. Spock goes down with the ship, croaking out one last “live long and prosper” with his irradiated fingers feebly crumpled into a claw. Five Sci-Fi Classics, One Summer: How 1982 Shaped Our Present 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z For years after, apropos of nothing, one of us would croak, “This is pleasure”—my husband would make a perverted face and pinch the air—“And this is pain!” “This Is Pleasure” 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z It had two mermaids — one nursing a “merbaby” — frogs, turtles, splashing water and a recording of frogs croaking. Ruth Asawa, an Artist Who Wove Wire, Dies at 87 2013-08-17T23:07:13Z When I was there most recently, the new Dylan LP was croaking over the speakers. A Critic’s Tour of Literary Manhattan 2012-12-14T17:13:34Z It is now a constantly changing spectacle, according to the seasons, a haven for warblers and kingfishers, loud with the croaking of frogs in summer. Special Report: Contemporary Art: Where Humankind and Nature Converge 2011-02-24T13:00:04Z But you don’t expect to hear the chants of Shipibo shamans, the call of howler monkeys or the croak of tree frogs in Times Square. Christie’s Offers a Sale on the Theme of Potential Failure 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z And later: “The upshot of this is when I croak it’ll be turned into a nature center.” Home is the real treasure after traveling the world 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z The song appeared in the late 1980s, but it gained added poignance in his later years, when an aging Mr. Cohen delivered the lyrics in a deep croak that was vulnerable, yet strangely compelling: Leonard Cohen, singer-songwriter of love, death and philosophical longing, dies at 82 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z He put down a blanket as frogs croaked in the distance. The Night Girl Finds a Day Boy 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z “I’m not dead!” a decrepit old man croaks as he’s carried toward a cart full of corpses in “Monty Python and the Holy Grail.” Review: The Met Opera’s Grand Old ‘Aida’ Isn’t Dead Yet 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z His Ned Stark was beheaded in the first season of "Game of Thrones," while in 2012's "Missing," his character croaked even before the action began; his role existed entirely in flashback. TNT's 'Legends' finds Sean Bean keeping his head as master spy 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z “Daniel,” she said, in her slightly croaking voice, pronouncing my name the French way. The Countess and the Schoolboy 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z The sylvan soundtrack is so sharply rendered as to refresh our words with meaning: bellows, croaks, buzzes, knocks and a veritable beating of wings. ‘The Ancient Woods’ Review: Deep in the Forest 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z He picked this place to croak because the roof offers a perfect view of the Times Square ball drop. Anything Can Happen on New Year's Eve?Except That Not Much Does 2011-12-08T15:49:58Z Again: the brief is to consider a substantial body of work, not reward the writer least likely to produce anything else or most likely to croak before the 2015 David Cohen. Why Hilary Mantel deserves another prize 2013-03-08T09:52:28Z At times, as on “Highway 61 Revisited,” he sounded less like Bob Dylan than someone doing a comically bad Bob Dylan impression, complete with nasally wheezes and froggy croaks. Review | A Bob Dylan concert is still as challenging as ever. But why try to change him now? 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z Darke speaks in “a strangulated croak, like a frog singing Wagner”. “Darke”, an unforgettable figure 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z And nobody in the house seemed capable of carrying a tune, beyond croaking out a few tone-deaf bars. Pianist Gabriela Montero combines classical improv with a spicy Latin beat 2011-02-05T15:53:00Z Not just because of the awesome special effects, but because we transpose ourselves upon his character, the sole survivors while everyone else croaks. America’s apocalypse obsession 2012-07-18T15:42:00Z Perhaps a few croaks and squawks can be heard, too. Poem of the week: The Coloration of Feathers by Ruth Fainlight 2012-02-13T09:34:36Z Her singing is backed up by a trio of croaking frogs, who, in the daffy imagery of this production, wear their masks, with moving lips, around their waists. ‘Gloria — A Pig Tale’ Brings Opera to the Met Museum 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z I heard the soft drumming of shoes on the dirt accompanied by a symphony of chirping crickets, croaking bullfrogs, and humming insects. I ran an overnight ultramarathon on blistered, bloody feet 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z And that patented Fierstein voice — from a croak to a whimper to a rasp to a bellow in a single sentence — is delicious. Review: Fierstein propels a robust, faithful 'Fiddler on the Roof' 2010-05-26T20:47:00Z Simon went into retirement after his biggest foe croaked in the middle of one of his performances, prompting many to believe he put a hex on the guy. Red Lights: Even Robert De Niro Couldn't Put the Brakes on This Muddled Thriller 2012-07-11T17:07:38Z You’re considering that hawk soaring above you, the sound of tree frogs croaking and, most important, what that thing is that’s touching your leg right now. Pursuits: ‘Walking the Water’ in the Everglades 2013-08-09T19:47:13Z I croaked out a plea for an ambulance. An orgasm almost killed me! 2013-01-19T22:00:00Z But whenever someone else shows up, all the frog does is sit like a lump, occasionally croaking. Modern Love: He Had Her Attention, and Then He Lost It 2010-04-16T20:55:00Z When he croaks, Rose makes it look like he shot Gary. Just Another Nutty June Weekend in the Rockaways 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z But the rose has an awful lot of dead wood and, in truth, may have croaked well before the spring peepers now in voice. Of course this gardener is ‘getting ready for spring.’ He never stopped. 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z But he croaked out that he wanted to go to a doctor in Peru, where he convalesced. Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z Out here, the scritch and creep and slither, the skitter and croak of being, bee-ing, beetling, of spider, of mouse, of frog. Linda Newbery: following the Walking Man 2010-08-09T15:16:00Z “I’m so happy for you,” Luke manages to croak. ‘Fair Play’ Review: Risky Bonds 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z "If you'd spent more time on CPR and less on Australian stereotypes, you might have saved me," gasped Austin as he croaked. Digested read: The Importance of Being Myrtle by Ulrika Jonsson 2011-08-29T20:30:01Z In the fourth episode, he gazes into the camera and croaks, “adahbahdeewah.” How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z After one such horrendous ordeal, its unwilling victim still managed to croak “No surrender.” Review | What can ‘The Age of Decadence’ teach us about today? A great deal. 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z In the language of the herbalist, rosemary is for remembrance, as in, “Do you remember last Christmas when it croaked before we opened the presents?” What you need to know to care for holiday greenery In between is a hallucinatory talking 'n' driving blues, its deceptive calm pierced by Cave's croaks, groans and croons. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: Push the Sky Away – review 2013-02-17T00:07:20Z When the director returned, a near delirious Carey delivered his speech, his mouth so dry he could not swallow and with a voice that resembled the croaking of a dying man. Harry Carey Jr 2012-12-30T13:31:11Z "At least you are going to croak soon," said her sister, Heather. So Much For That by Lionel Shriver | Digested read 2010-03-23T00:05:00Z “Some of my friends don’t know who they belong to,” he croaks. Enough About Gram Parsons’s Death. It’s Time to Celebrate His Music. 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z For nearly eleven minutes, it’s unclear which side of mortality her voice represents, as it twists into a glassy croak before rising into a menacing howl. Diamanda Galás, Lounge Singer in a World on Fire 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z On top of that, his singing is slathered in electronic effects that, rather than ironing out the imperfections, somehow point up the frailties, the moments where his voice croaks and cracks. James Blake: James Blake - review 2011-02-03T15:30:00Z But he also did the opposite extreme: slow, low and textural, letting his horn buzz and croak. SpokFrevo Orquestra Plays at Jazz at Lincoln Center 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z As is “Five,” a video piece dedicated to the Japanese director Yasujiro Ozu, which consists of five static shots of landscapes, including a moonlit pond whose serenity is disrupted by the croaking of unseen frogs. How Abbas Kiarostami Had Me Thinking in Persian 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z “What is that grizzled, bare-chested master of ceremony, aglow in the flames, up to — holding fire in his palm and sprinkling bits of it about, croaking what must be some sort of prayer?” Robert Gardner Dies at 88; Filmed Cultural Practices 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z Or in plain English: "the croaking of frogs put into grammar". Rachida Lamrabet: 'Literature helps when you are trying to form an identity' 2013-03-22T17:57:44Z Maybe that’s foolish, knowing what we know about this show and the way TV generally works — long suffering characters tend to get the things long denied them right before they croak. Long live Ser Brienne of Tarth: An argument for a "Game of Thrones" knight's survival 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z Finally, she croaked out an endearingly Delphic announcement about the future. The genius of Jodie Foster's speech 2013-01-14T16:48:00Z Actually, because Mr. Krantz was suffering from acute bronchitis, the order came out more like a croak. A Director Is Born With ?The Big Bang? 2011-05-11T22:03:05Z In the Lotus Garden bullfrogs croak, and a fountain jet spews from a pond, which for my visit was partly rimmed by purple and magenta azalea. Public Gardens Turn on the Charm 2011-06-17T01:45:45Z Across this scene drifts Lynch's singing voice, high-pitched, largely distorted and croaking like a wizened fairground barker. David Lynch: The Big Dream – review 2013-07-11T20:30:00Z The sound collage, by Mr. O’Connor, alternates between Baroque opera by Jean-Baptiste Lully and electronic drips and rhythmic croaking. Miguel Gutierrez and Tere O’Connor Works at American Realness 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z People croaked along the way, and they barely stopped. A Hologram for the King – extract 2013-01-26T21:00:02Z “I just wrote a piece for USA Today,” Bob Beckel croaked. Fox host: “I’m an Islamophobe” 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z Despite the occasional croak and bleat from the seats, the audience remained deeply attentive. Gustavo Dudamel and Los Angeles Philharmonic Hailed in Caracas 2012-02-14T23:33:58Z Not only do sharks get cancer, but they can stop swimming and they won’t croak. 25 “facts” that really aren’t: You’ve heard them all your life and they just aren’t true 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z Mr. Marley croaks and toasts his parts; Ms. Stone does her canned soul histrionics. New Music: ?SuperHeavy,? With Mick Jagger, and ?Where Are the Arms? - Review 2011-09-19T22:39:18Z Cage is superb here, giving Rob a subdued implacability and a voice that initially croaks from disuse and later swells with quiet conviction. ‘Pig’ Review: Come Back, Trotter 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z A good death scene often is compensation for playing a character that croaks at the end of a movie, Strong said. 'Robin Hood' star Strong proves good at being bad 2010-05-13T14:16:00Z That his voice is a raspy croak is not news but it still sounded strong, and he looked spritely, his curly head of hair also a survivor from the 1960s. Bob Dylan whips up tempest in return to 1966 London venue 2013-11-28T13:46:59Z Dylan added: “Critics say I can't sing. I croak. Sound like a frog. Why don't critics say that same thing about Tom Waits?” Grammys 2015: At MusiCares gala, Bob Dylan overshadows his admirers 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z But even on this album’s weak tracks, and there are several, he remains a commanding presence, deploying just enough of his insistent croak to tether the song together. Critic?s Notebook: Lil Wayne?s ?Tha Carter IV? - Review 2011-08-30T22:28:26Z There are those who love the croak of a bullfrog, and are soothed by the snores of their partner because it means they are close. The Sound of Silence 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z It’s a kind of delightful anti-polish, whether the way Young croaks a line in “The Shape of You” chorus or how he flubs a note on the solo of “Welcome Back.” Neil Young made ‘Barn,’ his new album, in a barn 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z “You don’t want no problem, want no problem with me,” he croaked on “No Problem,” a nevertheless cheerful song from his last album, “Coloring Book.” The Playlist: Zayn’s Bizarrely Great Sleaze Rock and 13 More New Songs 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z Staticky, menacing voices croak from old radios and Michael Burgess’s camera beckons us into underground tunnels and clambers up walls on the heels of the villain and his victims. ‘Malignant’ Review: Womb for Improvement 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z Usually in a movie any pronounced overture of being wounded usually means a character is going to croak. Star Trek Beyond: 13 reasons to get excited about the new trailer 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z Each holds up fingers to determine his or her place in line, or marks timing by croaking like a frog. Review: Taking a Chance on Merce Cunningham 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z Lunch at a riverside farmer’s cafe, then shop for handmade clothes, art, jewelry and crafts, like wooden frogs that issue a hollow croak when strummed with a wooden stick. The Asia Issue: Asian Odysseys 2011-03-18T18:55:00Z Frogs have very good ears, which makes sense, since airborne sound is vital to their procreation: A croaking male calls out to a female. Can snakes really be charmed by music? 2013-09-11T21:35:00Z At least Donovan had enough smarts to demand to be dragged off the premises when he croaked, so he wouldn’t be stuck in purgatory. ‘American Horror Story’ Season 5, Episode 11: Hotel California 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z Particularly touching was a film clip of Bernstein himself croaking through the lyrics of a Blitzstein song as he accompanied himself at the piano. Review | Celebrating the Bernstein centennial with a family album 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z “My house was being battered,” he wrote, “ravens constantly croaking ill omens at our door.” Books of The Times: Rosanne Cash Writes ?Composed: A Memoir? 2010-08-10T19:00:00Z His voice, barring a few stray croaks, was minnow-like: a terse, silvery thing, darting through the stillness or slicing through the brackish rumble. | Paul Simon: Many Roads to Salvation in Paul Simon?s Latest Show 2011-05-11T07:54:29Z He “managed to croak one anti-Semitic ‘Goldberg!’ before he turned to stone, as it were, in his straight-backed chair, his body a rigid half swastika.” Review: ‘Oreo,’ a Sandwich-Cookie of a Feminist Comic Novel 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z Not a gentleman’s croaking ho-hum, but a snarky, taunting voice, manipulative. A frat boy’s “gay experience” 2014-04-21T00:00:00Z “Critics say I can’t sing. I croak. Sound like a frog.” At Grammys Event, Bob Dylan Speech Steals the Show 2015-02-07T05:00:00Z This dream-like quality is reflected in the video – premiered here – which involves Cale cavorting around as he croaks lyrics such as "swirling around her, dizzy as a top on a chessboard". New music: John Cale – Face to the Sky 2012-08-30T06:00:00Z Born in Ethiopia, Ms. Jernberg wove a keening Ethiopian folk song into her own assemblage of virtuosic vocal tricks: yelps, croaks and hums evocative of birds and of early Meredith Monk. Review: Resonant Bodies Festival Blends Freedom With Radiance 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z “I will focus in a minute,” he croaked, and then reconsidered. Critic’s Notebook: Doug Stanhope’s ‘Beer Hall Putsch,’ a Stand-Up Album 2013-09-06T22:34:31Z A chorus of frogs croaked from the cattails below. One night in the nation’s first big-game wildlife refuge 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Later, on Sunday night, Mr. Tweedy had the main stage to himself, and he held it captive, singing in his pinched croak and playing acoustic guitar. Music: Jeff Tweedy and Wilco Build a Festival at Mass MoCA 2010-08-16T22:44:00Z He gulped and grimaced for a short eternity and managed to croak out, “October could work.” Review: ‘You’re the Worst’ Heads Toward Happily Ever After. Maybe. 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z Besides Abu, he also voiced the capuchin monkey who croaks from a “bad date” in “Raiders of the Lost Ark” — oh, and he’s Curious George. You don’t know his face. But voice actor Frank Welker likely ruled your childhood. 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z The singer and songwriter Rosanne Cash — her father was Johnny Cash — heard similar croaks from the time she was born. Books of The Times: Rosanne Cash Writes ?Composed: A Memoir? 2010-08-10T19:00:00Z One of hip-hop’s great rhythmic innovators, E-40 has spent more than 20 years defying conventional cadences, rapping in croaks and hiccups and slurs and nibbles. Critics' Choice: New CDs by Sharon Jones, E-40 and Bill Callahan 2010-04-04T21:55:00Z “I tried to warn him,” she says in a Winstons-by-the-carton croak. Review: ‘The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey,’ James Lecesne’s One-Man Play 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z Broken English, sung in a husky croak, was to rescue Faithfull's image from legends of fur coats and Mars bars as a background figure in the history of the Rolling Stones. Photographer recalls how long night ended in iconic image of Marianne Faithfull 2010-06-10T14:48:00Z Memento or memory: My greatest memory was traveling by canoe, after a deep rose sunset, through a pitch-black course with only the sound of frogs’ jubilant croaks and flying fish soaring overhead. What a Trip: In Brazil, wildlife encounters and an Amazon cruise At one stage, an oldish biddy acted even older on a bus, croaking to a bemused teen: "Do you think I'm too old at 78 to stand up?" Rewind TV: Mad Men; Thatcher coverage; Off Their Rockers – review 2013-04-13T21:45:01Z “I want to be able to play as many things as possible,” he added, “before I croak.” The Carpetbagger: Christopher Plummer Gets Oscar Buzz 2011-12-21T22:58:47Z Hayes Carll, a singer-songwriter originally from the suburbs of Houston, treated his set like a honky-tonk gig, his parched croak bolstered by the hardy twang of his band. Critic?s Notebook: Austin City Limits Festival Has Big and Local Acts 2011-09-19T22:32:23Z On “Kerosene!,” a duet with the R&B singer Diana Gordon over trippy guitar, Bowie’s voice slithers and croaks, imagining a hookup as something flammable. Yves Tumor Redefines Rock Stardom, Body on the Line 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z Smooching, scheming, strutting and croaking, these mean queens rule senior year; if they do the same at the box office, the movie’s hint at a sequel will probably become a reality. ‘All Cheerleaders Die,’ a Teenage Horror Film 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z “I’m not letting an old friend croak in this hole,” another declares. Can old age still have a happy ending? 2013-02-07T23:17:00Z In February, in one of my last professional outings before the pandemic shutdown, I was in Maryland listening to emerging tree frogs, spring peepers, filling the air with a wall of croaking sound. Perspective | Climate change has altered the winter season and the gardener’s sense of it 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z Tree frogs and rain frogs croak and chirp while Antillean nighthawks chitter overhead. An unlikely wildlife haven on controversial Guantanamo Bay 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z The birds flap and croak and challenge one another in fluttering displays of machismo. T Magazine: Send in the Clouds 2011-11-18T13:08:53Z In an onstage discussion before the concert, Mr. Cassidy spoke of his interest in the “involuntary aspects of speech, which are so very legible,” elements like moans and croaks and stutters. Music Review: The Ensemble Ekmeles at Roulette in Brooklyn 2013-01-25T22:12:21Z “Recording freestyles every day alone in my home,” he rapped in his trademark croak. Music Review: Rap?s Pied Piper, Lil B, at Santos Party House 2010-07-26T22:36:00Z The players: the four Bennet sisters, minor gentry maidens who will be left nearly penniless when their dad croaks. Review: In This ‘Pride and Prejudice,’ Love Is a Zero-Sum Game 2017-11-19T05:00:00Z And we know that your brother, Tater, came along as an understudy, because there was such a high risk of your croaking before you even made it to the podium. Obama’s last turkey pardon is the dad joke the country needs right now 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z Advertisement “Nobody wants to croak, but nobody wants to get old,” he said. Keith Richards on ‘Crosseyed Heart’: It’s Solo Rock ’n’ Roll, but He Likes It 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z These are more spells than songs, full of backwards samples and croaking effects that bleed into the subconscious. 03 Greedo has spent the last two years in a Texas prison but is still the beating heart of L.A.’s rap scene 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z That nostalgic frog in my throat still croaks on listening to those sassy tunes. Readers' panel: What we think about Madonna 2012-02-10T15:51:39Z The Hebrides contributed a fantastically atmospheric account of Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire: soprano Lucy Shelton was captivating as she growled and croaked, shrieked and swooped through the eerie moonlit cabaret. The New Century – review 2012-06-01T16:11:15Z The croaking throats, rushing to the aid of my heterosexual side, were almost comical — it was all in my head! A frat boy’s “gay experience” 2014-04-21T00:00:00Z In the '90s his gutsy tenor voice was reduced to a croak because of throat cancer, but he re-emerged in the last decade as a revered elder statesman of American roots music. Levon Helm, drummer and singer for the Band, dies of cancer 2012-04-19T19:39:00Z Jangly guitars, croaked delivery, floppy fringe – I was sold. Old music: Lloyd Cole and the Commotions – Jennifer She Said 2012-06-25T08:00:00Z “Flights, restaurants, theater shows sell out all the time. Cemetery? Anyone croaks, send them in. We just had an opening. What happened? Somebody came back to life and walked out. You’re very lucky.” Jerry Seinfeld digs into 45 years of his jokes for new book 2020-11-27T05:00:00Z Here’s a reminder of other technological advances that croaked before it. Too big? Too loud? Too real? Billy Lynn and other failed cinematic innovations 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z “If I croak tomorrow, I can honestly say that I wouldn’t be any happier than I am here today,” Sandersen said. These turtles nearly went extinct in WA. Now some live in a secret pond. 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z They thought she was joking when she croaked a response - but she told them it was her real voice. Kaye Adams calls in sick to BBC Radio, live on air 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z “Hospitals will stop working and more khokhols are going to croak on operating tables.” The rise and violent demise of pro-Russian war blogger Vladlen Tatarsky 2023-04-30T04:00:00Z Purdue, unlike Virginia, which lost by 20, kept a lukewarm hope into the closing minute, only to see it croak in disarray and send the Knights in blue charging and dancing onto the floor. Purdue upset by Fairleigh Dickinson, joins Virginia in top-seeded sadness 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z Make the most f— fun of it that I can before I croak. 'It was a witch-burning': Roseanne may forgive Hollywood, but she'll never forget 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z “But I have a sense of loss. I miss the croaking frogs and chirping bugs of my childhood.” Julia Reichert, Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker, dies at 76 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z But some have circumvented censorship today by making croaking sounds to leave messages about the former leader. Chinese web users bypass censors to remember Jiang Zemin 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z Traktir even made it into an episode of “Bosch: Legacy” — sure, as a meeting place for Russian hitmen, but at least no one croaked with their face in a bowl of borscht. Taking stock of the vanishing landscape of 'Russian Hollywood' 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z “The glory of God, giant and sacred,” she croaked through tears. A Little Girl and a Dream Lost in the Jungle 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z “I like to say I’ll enjoy them until I croak,” he said in May. Joe Bussard, who built a basement temple for music worshipers, dies at 86 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z And he added with a smirk: “We would be victims of an aggression and would get to heaven as martyrs and they will just croak and not even have time to repent.” Cornered by war, Putin makes another nuclear threat 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z “It was ravaged but always in key,” he says of Lanegan’s signature croak. Greg Dulli walks into a bar... 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z A researcher is interested in investigating whether the croaking pattern produced by males in a frog species is a learned behavior or an innate behavior. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Following the sound of croaks, she and her three colleagues scanned the water for signs of life. Thousands of frogs are dying in Australia. Scientists aren’t sure why. 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z Live TV may be dying, but it’s going to take a while to croak. YouTube TV hits 5 million subscribers and is looking like the future of cable 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z For a few days, I could not summon the energy for outrage, or fury, or fear; I could only croak requests for chicken pho and rewatch another episode of “The Crown.” Column: COVID brain fog is real, and with everything everywhere happening at once, it's a mercy 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z On the first whack it croaked into the air and quit barely ahead of where it started. U.S. Open started Friday lit by unknowns. By dusk, stars had come out. 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z Perhaps it’s appropriate that Seattle’s official bird, the great blue heron, makes a cranky, croaking sound when bothered by the proximity of people. The great blue heron: What to know about Seattle’s official bird and where to spot them 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z Here, in the bittern’s croak, in the turtle’s cluck and whine, in Miles Davis’s trumpet, is “evolution drunk on its own aesthetic energies.” Earth’s Sonic Diversity, Secret Bird Scents, Pandemic-Inspired Sci-Fi, and More 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z Saturday was the appointed time for the faithful to holler or croak whatever they could through the din. A Thunderous Farewell at Duke for Coach K, Even in Defeat 2022-03-06T05:00:00Z A half-hour later, Marsh and a student research assistant, Ashley Davies, climbed out of the pickup truck onto a desolate trail where owls hooted and frogs croaked. Koalas are getting harder to find. Scientists in Australia are on a quest to uncover a hidden population. 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z On the second whack it croaked even worse, such that you might say it budged. U.S. Open started Friday lit by unknowns. By dusk, stars had come out. 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z The cry of adults is more like the croak of a frog or the sound of a weed wacker that won’t quite start than that of a songbird, she said. The great blue heron: What to know about Seattle’s official bird and where to spot them 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z Scientists who "eavesdropped" on a restored coral reef in Indonesia say their recordings of fish "whooping, croaking and growling" are the reef coming back to life. Fish ‘whoops and growls’ recorded on restored reef 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z Frogs croak, a skylark soars above all in dazzling pianistic glitter, grasshopper warblers rattle as their names suggest, and one reed warbler enters into a rapturous contrapuntal duet with another. Review: The crazy genius of playing Messiaen's 13 bird-inspired piano solos at L.A.'s Audubon Center 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z “If I know anything about this team,” tight end Austin Allen said, “we’re not going to croak.” Finding new ways to lose, Cornhuskers keep ‘Nebraska-ing’ 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z She listened to the calls of birds, the croaks of frogs and the buzzing of insects. She Fell Nearly 2 Miles, and Walked Away 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z Soon the copy for both the lamp and the case was done, the sun was low in the sky and the frogs at Rogen’s place were croaking. Seth Rogen and the Secret to Happiness 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z "That sounds like a bit like the static on the radio or frying bacon. Then, through that sound, you'll occasionally hear little trills, whoops or croaks." Fish ‘whoops and growls’ recorded on restored reef 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z My voice croaked when I asked, and his face flushed when he said no. I Spent My Life Consenting to Touch I Didn’t Want 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z Somers told Page Six that the man also told her he thought the sound of that frog overheard croaking in the clip was "the devil." Nearly naked intruder interrupts Suzanne Somers’ livestream at home 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z The deafening song of cicadas or the discordant croaking of frogs. French Roosters Now Crow With the Law Behind Them 2021-01-24T05:00:00Z It is so much better when we are a big croaking chorus carousing around the city. Opinion | I Will Never Bail on My Friends Again 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z Jobs are scarce and only open up when someone croaks. In ‘Pickard County Atlas,’ a family tries to bury its curse 18 years after an unsolved murder 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z “In the wild, these monkeys use high-pitched hissing, squeaking and croaking to stay in contact,” she said – noises that the animals may hear within the traffic noises. Sound of the city: monkeys shown to prefer traffic over jungle noise 2020-11-06T05:00:00Z The futile pursuit of analyzing comedy has long been likened to dissecting a frog: You bore the audience and end up with a lifeless, croaked amphibian. How a Pepe the Frog movie speaks powerfully to this moment in divisive American politics 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z "The vibe was a little bit different," he admits, with a Sunday morning croak in his voice. 'It feels good to be free and have fun again' 2020-07-05T04:00:00Z And I was doing my best to bear it, making these guttural croaking noises like some kind of distressed tree frog. How a run-in with the world's most venomous fish changed my life 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z "Standing in the breeze, I was just so thankful," he says, describing what it was like to see spring flowers and hear the croaking of frogs. Is it safe to visit US national parks? 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z Frogs croaked from a nearby ditch; birds trilled from the field’s edge. How 5 Friends and a Field of Tulips Fought the Covid-19 Meltdown 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z We are starting to hear the croaking of frogs again on summer evenings. Opinion | Stream restoration has made a big difference to this community 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z Bowls have croaked here and there and everywhere through time, but this one . The Celebration Bowl means a little bit more 2019-12-21T05:00:00Z In the Dordogne, a retired couple are at the centre of an ongoing seven-year legal row over the croaking of frogs in their garden pond. Ducks in a row: French farmer wins dispute over quacking 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z His voice was not much more than a croak. A hometown lawyer is suing the nation’s largest drug companies over the opioid crisis 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z At the University of Nevada, Reno, he croaked through a hoarse voice to address a crowd that stretched from the college lawn to the open-air floors of a parking garage beside it. Young Voters Still ‘Feel the Bern,’ but Not Just for Bernie Sanders Anymore 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z “I think there’s some sort of betting pool out there on when I’m gonna croak,” he said. The Survival of Iggy Pop 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z But fields, too, teem and seethe and croak and shriek. Herman Melville at Home 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z On the par-3 17th, he shipped a tee shot that seemed it might be croaking of nervousness to the front part of a two-part green, in the exurbs relative to the pin. Gary Woodland holds off Brooks Koepka for major breakthrough at U.S. Open 2019-06-16T04:00:00Z Among the tunes he croaks, for his weary audience, are “Thank God I’m Normal” and “Why Should I Care?” Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Introduce Their Son, a Royal Named Archie 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z Galleries were so sparse at that point that chirping birds and croaking frogs made more noise than spectators, even for stars Day and Scott, who were among seven teams at 8 under. Stallings-Mullinax lead rain-delayed Zurich Classic 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z Always gurgling with gossip and innuendo, Washington’s croaking and hissing denizens slither and slander along rivulets of intrigue, coiled in wait for conspirators, canards and the occasional cuckoo bird. Opinion | Democrats are seething. Trump is smiling. The show goes on. 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z She croaked that Penny Mordaunt, the international development secretary, had "very generously offered to teach me sign language" at this morning's cabinet. Prime Minister's Questions: The verdict 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z “It … sends a message … to the whole world,” croaked Theresa May to the Commons on Tuesday night, “about the sort of country … the United Kingdom will be … in the years and decades ahead.” With Theresa’s ‘turd’ deal flushed away, pray for an EU invasion | Marina Hyde 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z Whether because of sleeplessness or the grinding stress of last-ditch negotiations, when she took her place at the dispatch box what came out was a dry, croaking rasp. Theresa May Finds Herself Without a Voice, or a Friend 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z That’s “mean time between failures,” or “typical time until it croaks.” How to Do a Data ‘Cleanse’ 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z He needed a match before he croaked, so last year conservation groups partnered to create a Match.com profile for him. Romeo the Frog Finds His Juliet. Their Courtship May Save a Species. 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z A piano rises and falls, Lana croaks through her tears, the best/worst girlfriend of all time, and edges towards the nightstand where she keeps the phenobarbital. The tracks of the weeks reviewed: Lana Del Rey, Westlife, Axl Rose 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z I pause to watch the flock fly off towards the distant, snow-capped peaks, trailed by their echoing croaks, when a man riding by on horseback bumps into me. Red Dead Redemption 2's surprising joy: its vast array of … birds 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z “Tyler would have won that game,” he croaked, using an expletive, before breaking down again. Suicide, quarterbacks and the Hilinskis: A family tries to move on, as another brother heads to school 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z And then: “Well, that was lame,” the woman croaked. A letter from Paris to my Seattle self 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z At one point, Kubrick had him sing “Daisy Bell” — the love song that HAL croaks out before being disconnected — about 50 times, in varying tempos and pitches. Douglas Rain, Shakespearean actor who voiced HAL in ‘Space Odyssey,’ dies at 90 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z "The world will be watching. Here's your chance to sing in front of everybody. You just hope you don't—" And Heaton's gravelly voice broke into a croak that echoed down the hall. California’s new earthquake warnings deliver critical seconds of notice 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z When I was a child on Long Island, I would hear toadfish croaking through the thin hull of my aluminum rowboat. Are we wrong to assume fish can't feel pain? 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z “And we, as victims of aggression, will go straight to heaven as martyrs while they will just croak.” The I.N.F. Treaty, Explained 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z The smell of burning sage wafted into the small room on the fourth floor of LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes, as the sound of chirping crickets and croaking frogs filled the air. Aztec opera 'El Circo Anahuac' shares volcanic love and loss in a mystical time before Mexico - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z “Maybe in your generation. Who knows what discoveries are still to come. All I know is that the stuff is toxic,” I croaked out a few spasmodic air expulsions for good measure. Ferromagnetism 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z Club noting that on it he sounds “great when he’s whining, croaking, stretching syllables like warm mozzarella.” Rapper Mac Miller dead at 26 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z I was also enchanted by the continuous soundscape of creatures baying, chirping and croaking, from bronze frogs that sound like bicycle horns to narrowmouth toads that sound like sheep. Frog symphony and ancient trees in a verdant Louisiana swamp 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z “It’s a miracle,” he croaked in the dressing room, leading the team in chant of “well done, guys” as fellow striker Fyodor Smolov jumped atop a table. Not elegant but functional, Russia’s Dzyuba a model for team 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z Mindy said she’s always been impressed with their playing, and has joked to friends that she could croak like a frog and still sound good with them behind her. Alaska singer back on stage after suffering brain injury 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z The sounds of nature hover throughout the symphony, whether in the form of croaking frogs or howling wolves. How to Create a Music Score for Our Planet 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z At first they will croak a guttural sound that means they are taking stock of a potential threat. Assam's Endangered Apes 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z Year in, year out, since the dinosaurs croaked, the worst fashion day in sports has been whatever day the NFL unveils it's dreaded draft caps. The NFL Draft hats are the worst part of the NFL Draft...and that's saying something - Golf Digest 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z The stroke-stricken elder croaks out “Alibi” to his last surviving son hours after the accident. ‘Chappaquiddick’ avoids Ted Kennedy-Mary Jo Kopechne crash conspiracy theories, partisan politics 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z In the last few years, croaks have been heard in once quiet Panama streams. A ribbit of hope: Panama frogs hop back after nasty disease 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z And my girlfriend wasn’t thrilled when her character unexpectedly croaked after a single bout of exhaustion. The Oregon Trail handheld game is a really fun nostalgia gadget 2018-03-24T04:00:00Z This is a celebration not of knowledge, but of force, not of common humanity but garish nationalism, not of values for the future, but creaking, croaking symbolism of the past. Space exploration should be an initiative of nations, not just some rich guy | Van Badham 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z It just sits there croaking like a dying frog. Review: Listen to David Duchovny, wish for alien abduction 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z One summer day, my phone rang from an unknown number, and Robbins’s deep but sweetly croaking voice boomed on the line. Selling Airborne Opulence to the Upper Upper Upper Class 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z As the scorpion’s venom begins to work, the tortoise croaks, “How could you do this? I trusted you!” Milo Yiannopoulos's draft and the role of editors in dealing with the far-right | Jeff Sparrow 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z "This is a criminal justice system which is not just creaking, it's about to croak," he said. Collapsed rape trial accused 'betrayed' 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z And she adds: “They won’t be as effective when you croak.” Review: McDormand gives blistering turn in ‘3 Billboards’ 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z “If I croaked, she’d probably become a Cubs fan just to be with them.” After 29 years of disappointment, Dodger Nation drinks in the end of one baseball drought 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z If he had attempted to sing, it’s entirely possible that nothing more than an exhausted croak would have come out of his mouth. Perspective | Navy and Air Force play a college football classic worthy of tears 2017-10-07T04:00:00Z Then, at noon, the store closed after its generator croaked and before Jimenez could get inside to buy his grandmother’s medicine. In Puerto Rico, acute shortages plunge the masses into survival struggle 2017-10-01T04:00:00Z On the animals’ return, the cameras triggered nearby speakers, which broadcast recordings of either frogs croaking or humans conversing. Pumas React to Humans like Prey 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z It thus wiped much of the ecological slate clean, permitting the survivors—those that did not, as it were, croak in the impact’s aftermath—to strut their evolutionary stuff unconstrained. Is the post-dinosaur world the Age of Frogs? 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z But our zeal to croak mosquitoes by spraying poisons all over our neighborhoods and ourselves did not end back then. Insecticide Is Just As Dangerous As Zika 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z She now does a fair impression of a sea robin earnestly croaking, Put me back! Blood Lines: Fishing With My Daughter 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z Then, at noon, the store closed after its generator croaked and before Jimenez could get inside to buy his grandmother’s medicine. In Puerto Rico, acute shortages plunge the masses into survival struggle 2017-10-01T04:00:00Z He was writing about the chorus of frogs croaking at nightfall. The Sounds of ‘Mannahatta’ in Your Ear 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z As the light fades my four companions, each with his or her own plastic mattress and bucket, disappear from view while on every side the barks, croaks, growls and cries of jungle life grow louder. A puke bucket and an ancient drug: is ayahuasca the future of PTSD treatment? 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z “I plan on being on the track until the day I croak.” Life at Emerald Downs: passion, pain and persistence 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z “Anyone else hear the frogs croaking?” someone wrote, referring to the live stream’s audio. Trolls Protest Shia LaBeouf’s Anti-Trump Protest Art 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z Five ravens rise from dark pines, croaking in the icy silence; they will scavenge anything caught by the wolves. 'It's very scary in the forest': should Finland's wolves be culled? 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z “It’s terrible,” he said in his distinctive croak, and then laughed. A New Orleans N.B.A All-Star Game Diary 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z That sums up this offering by the Flaming Lips perfectly: poised between madness and a joke, industrial sounds and toad croaks. Review: The Flaming Lips deliver for anyone missing Bowie 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z Brightwell said he posted photos of the prototype on his Facebook page in May, but it was really the California event that got people croaking about this frog. Bullfrog swimbait crafted by Arkansas man sold for $1,675 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z “All I see is zombies / Hear them screaming out,” he sings, his voice drawn out and croaking. Donald Glover’s New Understatement 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z While in Germany, she witnessed a Nazi rally led by Hitler and heard him shout, “May the Jew croak.” Ruth Gruber Used Her Camera and Typewriter to Fight for Refugees 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z Their croaks will have begun to resemble the weeping of loved ones now lost. We can probably make plans for after the election 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z How about the use of real frogs croaking? Review: The Flaming Lips deliver for anyone missing Bowie 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z She begged her family to see her son, her voice turning to a croak. Visions of hell: Another day in Aleppo, ancient city under siege 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z Besides being bigger, ravens can be distinguished from crows by the croaking sound they make, which the Cornell Lab of Ornithology transliterates as “cr-r-ruck.” Crows and Ravens Make New York Comebacks to Caw (and Cr-r-ruck) About 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z In New York on September 21st, at the CGI’s final gathering, Mr Clinton croaked that it had “turned out better than I ever dreamed”. Bill and Hillary Inc. 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Speaking with a baritone croak, he leads the conflicts between the gangs into escalating scenes of rollicking gallows humor. ‘In Order of Disappearance’: Revenge story aims for laughs amid gory lunacy 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Of course a bad cough isn’t necessarily a grave symptom; one can have a frog in one’s throat without being in immediate danger of croaking. C Is for Concussion 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z Cavett: Let me put it to you again: What do you do when a guest croaks? Perfect Strangers: When Dick Cavett Met Seth Meyers 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z If perfection in life truly isn’t possible, croaked my troll — and it isn’t! David’s Ankles: How Imperfections Could Bring Down the World’s Most Perfect Statue 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z The pair’s deep, chesty squawks echoed across the marsh, joining a chorus of croaking green frogs, whistling red-winged blackbirds and buzzing insects. St. Paul composer retreats to Afton for nature’s soundtrack 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z "It drives them to extremes," Ellis explained, leading to birds with brilliant plumage, frogs with bellowing croaks, deer with massive antlers. These creatures use glowing vomit to attract mates — and it’s utterly beautiful 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z Sure, it'd be nice to see mom again, but probably not if she's just a zombie husk of her former self, incapable of talking except to croak out orders for the violent deaths of randos. I am absolutely convinced that Lady Stoneheart is coming to Game of Thrones 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z The ageless 93-yr-old former US secretary ofstate will be holding court at Dresden, croaking out his wisdom from the throne of bones he has shipped everywhere he goes. Bilderberg: still powerful but perhaps a bit more anxious this year 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z Created an ugly scene everywhere, collapsing in Queens, croaking in Raleigh, crumbling in Portland. L.A. sports teams' Class of 2015-16 gets a failing grade 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z She developed a croak in her voice, which a surgeon told her was a result of the shock to her system. How does grief cause physical pain? - BBC News 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z Twinkling fireflies and a croaking rubber frog make the outdoors even more magical. Review: Poignancy is polished at musical ‘Tuck Everlasting’ 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z Residents in Beverly Hills recently encountered – or at least heard – another example in the form of exceptionally loud croaking. LA, a surprise nature hotspot, is home to one of the biggest biodiversity studies 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z He has a low croak of a voice, sloping eyes, and a patient smile, which radiates restraint. The Fall After the Arab Spring 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z Here, a raven croaked in treetops as we rounded a bend and first heard the “krissh” of a free-flowing river below. $99 Road Trip: Soothing sights on Olympic Peninsula 2016-02-27T05:00:00Z At night, croaking frogs sang a chorus as Mark and Denise settled in after another day’s work, their RV parked beside those of other seasonal workers. Too poor to retire and too young to die 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z After he had buried his 15-year-old son next to the cricket pitch - my brother's favourite place in the city - my father's voice disappeared and was replaced by a whisper, a croak. The disaster that liberated me - BBC News 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z Rosewood is the guy you hire when a loved one has croaked but you still doubt the county coroner or Miami PD’s conclusion on the evidence. Fall TV Preview 2015: Every new show, the schedule for every returning show, and what’s worth watching |
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