He had lost his voice, or most of it, and Croaked; and his cold had got worse in the night.
"Somehow Good"
William de Morgan
Sidney looked to the side where George indicated, and Croaked, "It's a girl!"
"The Hohokam Dig"
Theodore Pratt
Anyhow an approaching voice Croaked- "Mercy!
"A Poached Peerage"
William Magnay