Croaking

Examples

• There happened to be no customer in the shop but Jacques Three, of the restless fingers and the croaking voice. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Remember the croaking of the frogs of Egypt. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Don't be croaking, Cousin,--I hate it! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• I hear the croaking of frogs, faint and far off, and the echoes of the great clock hum in the airless calm long after the strokes have ceased. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I paused in astonishment; and the croaking voice honoured me with this explanation-- Pray excuse me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Go on, Jemmy,' said the Spanish traveller, 'like black-eyed Susan--all in the Downs--no croaking--speak out--look lively. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Even the croaking of the frogs had ceased to-night. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• You're surprised to see me, sir, said he, in a strange, croaking voice. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.

Typist: Ruth