Wondering how to use Croaking in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as guttural or cacophonous.
Croaking meaning
present participle and gerund of croak
Synonyms of Croaking
Using Croaking
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of croak
- Useful related words include: croaky, guttural, cacophonous, cacophonic.
- In the example corpus, croaking often appears in combinations such as: the croaking, croaking mechanism, croaking sound.
Context around Croaking
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 6 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Croaking
- In this selection, "croaking" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, beyond, low, mechanism, sound and ability stand out and add context to how "croaking" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include aids in croaking citation in and apparently made croaking noises when. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "croaking" sits close to words such as aaaa, abductees and abdulahi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with croaking
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
What comes out of ravens’ mouths go much beyond croaking. (10 words)
However the pitch and use of croaking varies species to species. (11 words)
The auk's calls included low croaking and a hoarse scream. (11 words)
In societies emancipated from mental slavery, Wasiu’s action would’ve been met with a backlash that would affect his musical image and fortunes, but Nigeria is Babel, where the Toad’s croaking is music to the ears. (38 words)
A disadvantage to the croaking ability is that it allows Bottlenose dolphin to easily locate large groups of croaker and drum as they broadcast their position, indicating large amounts of food for the dolphins. (34 words)
The officers informed Ferry that they would have to remove three large frogs who lived in her garden pond and had been croaking loudly enough to keep Ferry's neighbor awake. (31 words)
Example sentences (12)
Croaking Mechanism A notable trait of sciaenids is the ability to produce a "croaking" sound.
The croaking ability is a distinguishing characteristic of sciaenids. citation The croaking mechanism is used by males as a mating call in some species.
The officers informed Ferry that they would have to remove three large frogs who lived in her garden pond and had been croaking loudly enough to keep Ferry's neighbor awake.
In societies emancipated from mental slavery, Wasiu’s action would’ve been met with a backlash that would affect his musical image and fortunes, but Nigeria is Babel, where the Toad’s croaking is music to the ears.
What comes out of ravens’ mouths go much beyond croaking.
When the cats approached, the team played either talking humans or croaking frogs.
A disadvantage to the croaking ability is that it allows Bottlenose dolphin to easily locate large groups of croaker and drum as they broadcast their position, indicating large amounts of food for the dolphins.
However the pitch and use of croaking varies species to species.
The auk's calls included low croaking and a hoarse scream.
The birds apparently made croaking noises when building nests, and bell-like sounds when mating.
The large swim bladder is more expansive and branched than species outside of sciaenids, which aids in croaking. citation In some species the sonic muscle fibers are only present in males.
These sonic muscle fibers are contracted against the swim bladder to produce the croaking sound that gives drum and croaker their common name.
Common combinations with croaking
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: