Sentences with phrase «croaking with»

On her twelve - hour, thirty - some - mile trip downstream she had passed swampy places croaking with bullfrogs, but here the tree frogs chirped like insects.

Not exact matches

With the January acquisition of Gilt Groupe at a painfully low price — it raised $ 280 million but sold for just $ 250 million — the model has finally croaked.

She won't have to be with him long before he croaks and leaves her a little something, as agreed to in a pre-nup, of course.

Frogs filled the streets of the former lumber town, encircled homes and set the air throbbing with their massed croaking.

The third edition finds Shrek (Myers) ensconced in the land of Far Far Away with his bride, Princess Fiona (Diaz), and poised to inherit the crown from his ailing father - in - law, King Harold (John Cleese, whose protracted death scene as a frog croaking his last is a comedy high point).

He doesn't want it, though, forcing the poor old frog to come up with a plan B before he croaks.

While his old man (Fernando Luján) is withering away back at home, planning to hand down his empire if and when he croaks, Leonardo has docked stateside on his yacht (literally called Birthday Present), partying with bikini - clad ladies and basically acting like an ass, especially to regular folk.

There's a lot going on in her big «I Dreamed a Dream» number, Hathaway croaking and screeching it out with fluid pouring out of every hole in her face, but like the actress's jumble of big features, it somehow all comes together.

(«They won't be as effective after you croak,» Mildred admits of the billboards, matter - of - factly but with some sadness.)

But if Haneke would rather croak than crack a joke, Östlund wraps his withering insights in impeccable farce, and he can execute a gag with steel - trap precision.

I replied with squeaks and croaks and hoarse whispers.

I feel like I am stuck in the same pond with the same wilted lilly pads, same frogs croaking on the shore, and the same fish (albeit some really cool fish, the population grows exponentially each day).

This is also because back in the 60's when the SSA was created (the modern version with Medicare - the first retirement benefit check was sent out in 1940), most recipients croaked before age 80.

When bent as the dog plays with it, the branch emits a croaking sound.

[115] When a female elephant seal or grey seal is mounted by an unwanted male, she tries to squirm and get away, while croaking and slapping him with her tail.

Several frog species will great you at night with a croaking song to inspire you (use the flashlight in the room to help spot the frogs in the palm trees).

Under the cover of darkness the Daintree Rainforest starts to heave with awakening wildlife as Bandicoots start scurrying, insects begin their chirruping and tree frogs start to croak.

Well - appointed multimedia including VCD player, radio, and music cassette shall tone down overwhelming duck quacks or toad croaks whenever necessary, although most occurred scenarios are only waking up in the harmony of trickling water accompanied with bird chirps.

Artwork was selected by four curators with the survey presenting a show heavy from the early eighties and late seventies, according to art critic and artist James Croak.

«It's a window sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art where the glass is backed with black leather,» Croak said, describing Duchamp's piece.

Exhibiting artists with a Hamptons connection include Eric Fischl, who also curates, James Croak, Richard Prince, Cindy Sherman, David Salle, Lucy Winton and Roy Lichtenstein.

Featured Artists: Morton Bartlett Vanessa Beecroft Hans Bellmer Amy Bennett Louise Bourgeois James Casebere Jake & Dinos Chapman Bonnie Collura Will Cotton Gregory Crewdson George Condo James Croak Chris Cunningham Henry Darger E.V. Day Peter Drake Carroll Dunham Inka Essenhigh Eric Fischl Alberto Giacometti Steve Gianakos Ralph Gibson Robert Gober Martin Gutierrez Hilary Harkness Andrew Huang Mike Kelley Elizabeth King & Richard Kizu - Blair Charles LeDray David Levinthal Roy Lichtenstein Sarah Lucas Loretta Lux Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz Paul McCarthy Ralph Eugene Meatyard Jim Nutt Tony Oursler Alexandra Penney Ellen Phelan Richard Prince Man Ray Aura Rosenberg Jennifer Rubell Gideon Rubin David Salle Claudette Schreuders Cindy Sherman Laurie Simmons Wolfgang Stoerchle Inez Van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin Helen Verhoeven John Waters John Wesley Lucy Winton Ivan Witenstein Dare Wright Lisa Yuskavage Accompanying the exhibition is a fully illustrated catalogue with an original text by James Frey, «A Real Doll» by A.M. Homes, and a conversation featuring Eric Fischl, David Salle, Cindy Sherman, and Laurie Simmons, moderated by FLAG Founder Glenn Fuhrman.

These days we hear a lot about bucket lists, that mental catalogue of must - do experiences or achievements we need to accomplish before we croak, so we can do so with the satisfaction of a life well lived.