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  • Among the grand things I learned from Imagine… Harry Nilsson: The Missing Beatle and Richard Hammond's Journey to the Centre of the Planet, the two best factual programmes of the week, were: there was blood from polyps such a pretty word left on the microphone after Harry Nilsson and John Lennon duetted – spatted – to be louder/croakier on their druggy "Many Rivers to Cross", and both voices dimmed hence.

    Rewind TV: The Hour; The Apprentice; Show Me the Funny; Imagine; Richard Hammond's Journey to the Centre of the Planet; Twenty Twelve – review 2011

  • Her voice was croakier than usual, her throat suffering from the swelling of suppressed sobs.

    Country of the Blind Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 1997

  • A blow, towards career end, came when Robert sounded croakier

    Latest amIright Song Parodies 2010

  • I love Lindsay, and I don't think she was any croakier than she is in "I know who killed me" (I probably shouldn't admit to having watched it more than once).

    unknown title 2009

  • Of course, phrasing and lyricism have been the cornerstones of Dylan's later work, especially as his voice gets croakier with age.

    Expecting Rain 2009

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