A complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone.
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I remember this by thinking of Popeye, whose trademark rusty croak went:
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The lambs said most; and the sheep agreed with a husky croak.
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He let out a pained croak and curled into a fetal position.
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Outside it was that same whispered croak from long unused vocal cords.
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When his resistance finally gave way, he could only croak, Okay .
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My face is ash-color'd, my sinews gnarl, away from me people retreat.
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I leaned against a gnarl in the olive tree behind.
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Gnarled oaks and short dense evergreens cast tiny shadows across the path.
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A tall familiar figure walking with a staff of twisted gnarled wood.
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Mature trees crowned the rise, gripping it in gnarled fists of roots.
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This was a constant background mutter through his great days at Barcelona.
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Jondrette found time to mutter in the ear of his eldest daughter:-
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Most, however, remained to glare and frown and mutter curses at us.
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The first time the U2 singer was mentioned, there was a mutter.
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The drums began to mutter, Bakahenzie cried out in a loud voice:
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I hear him mutter; he often mutters so when he is alone.
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And further away to the west they heard the same sinister mutter.
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Adam's foot brushed against something and he heard someone gulp and mutter.
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He continued to mutter, having some fierce debate with an imaginary foe.
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He was heard to mutter something to himself; then he came back.
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For a minute or two he continued to mutter; then he dozed.
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As before, Sloan shifted in place, and Eragon heard him mutter, .
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Within half an hour it was just a mutter on the horizon.
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So she gave in with never a mutter that Angus could hear.
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Esther had perchance heard Robin mutter these numbers in his troubled sleep.
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As Harry galloped back the mutter of the cannon grew into thunder.
