crakes

plural of crake

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for crakes
Noun
  • Normally, that water has been discharged into local creeks and bays.
    Michelle Hummel, Fortune, 25 May 2026
  • Normally, that water has been discharged into local creeks and bays.
    Michelle Hummel, The Conversation, 22 May 2026
Noun
  • Hens make a combination of clucks and yelps when calling to a gobbler.
    Bruce Brady, Outdoor Life, 8 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • But let’s circle back to TV‘s patron saint of affable, oft–insidious quacks.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Automatic ducking doesn't add quacks to your soundtrack.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 15 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Caspar David Friedrich has sketchbooks of particular branches, twigs, barks of different trees.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 May 2026
  • Foxes use a variety of calls, including barks, howls, yaps, and growls.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • One minute later, cackles rippled through my eardrums at a higher decibel than before.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
  • As evening falls, the clink of pints and bursts of cackles spill from Pat Collins Pub—where locals swap stories to the rhythm of fiddle tunes beneath an Irish twilight.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The unit is thick enough to be visible under the wearer’s T-shirt, say, and an air vent peeps out of the clothing.
    David Phelan, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
  • Most of all, No Kings peeps are being criticized for not having a ready answer as to whether protests can translate to midterm Blues.
    Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Most fights consist of dealing with waves of basic grunts with the occasional bruiser or shooter thrown in to keep you on edge.
    Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 26 May 2026
  • The crowd erupted in hearty grunts and boos after the error.
    Kendall Staton The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 25 May 2026
Noun
  • The latter, in particular, braids the bittersweet melodies of anorak-sporting vintage twee with ear-bleeding country-grunge that evokes Meat Puppets’ heaviest squalls.
    Colin Joyce, Pitchfork, 1 May 2026
  • Political squalls are far easier to shrug off than Britain’s long-term economic problems.
    John Stepek, Bloomberg, 20 Apr. 2026
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“Crakes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crakes. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.

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