Whit Stillman

I don't think you change from the time you're 16 until you die. Maybe your body changes, and you have different experiences, but I think you become a fully conscious soul with full abilities. Souls are eternal, and if you keep your marbles until you croak in your 90s or your 100s, you're the same.

American Director

E. F. Benson

Romance is a bird that will not sing in every bush, and love-affairs, however devoted the sentiments that inspire them, are often so business-like in the prudence with which they are conducted, that romance is reduced to a mere croaking or a disgusted silence.

English Novelist

Wunmi Mosaku

When I get nervous my energy gets really still, and I think people think that's me. Everything gets really still, and my voice gets a little bit lower and there is a little croak in there - sometimes you can hear it when I'm really nervous on camera.

Nigerian Actress

Kate Christensen

Now that I'm 50 and respectably settled in New England and markedly happier and more contented than I was in my youth, I modestly hope there's time to realize some of my youthful goals before I croak, but I'll take what I can get.

American Novelist

Talulah Riley

My parents used to call me 'The Little Frog,' because whenever they asked how I knew something, I'd say 'read it,' which sounds a bit like a frog croak.

English Actress

Benjamin Disraeli

If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself. No one has the right to go croaking about society, or what is worse, looking as if he stifled grief.

British Statesman

Johnny Mathis

I would say three-quarters of what I do depends on the sincerity of it. You can croak, but if you croak good, they'll still listen.

American Musician

Richie Sambora

I love being a dad. I'd have more kids if I could. I'd take a couple more, one or two more before I croak.

Used to describe the natural sound made by frogs, toads, or metaphorically by a rough voice.

Animal Sound

'Croak' mimics the sound it describes, making it easy to remember how a frog sounds.

Onomatopoeic

A casual, sometimes humorous way to talk about death, may be insensitive in serious contexts.

Slang for Death

The term is informal; avoid using it in serious, formal, or respectful conversations about death.

Low Formality

Describes a voice that is deep, scratchy, and unpleasant; often because of emotion or illness.

Harsh Voice

Can indicate the speaker's physical discomfort or frustration when speaking.

Expressing Discomfort

Imparts a negative feel, suggesting that what's being said is not pleasant or welcome.

Negative Connotation

 Sliding a metal strip over a wooden stake, a master summoner is sending deep croaking noises reverberating through the area. And, as if in a trance, hundreds of earthworms begin emerging from the soil.