"It doesn't have to be elaborate," he replied, and wondered where the hell the croaking voice had come from.

There was a pause before the croaking voice spoke again.

He began chanting at me softly, slowly, in that high croaking voice of his.

Ho waited a few minutes, then a croaking voice came on the line.

His croaking voice filled the empty gap of silence exactly at the right time.

Above the sound of water slapping against the hull she heard the man say something in a croaking voice.

In a croaking voice, he said, "Where's the surrender terms?

Still, he lay back with his eyes closed and the croaking voice seemed to come from deep within.

The President cut in, his croaking voice a parody of its normal self.

The captives were seen again, nor the croaking voice heard.