creak

She heard music everywhere: a spoon banging against a cooking pot, the honking of geese overheard, the creak and slam of a screen door.

From Salon ● Jan. 19, 2026

But leading into the pandemic, Germany’s industrial base started to creak as car production slowed down and government investment stalled under former Chancellor Angela Merkel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026

Rumble, wheeze, groan, roar, whoosh, clank, thud, creak and repeat — this, for me, is the onset of bus reverie.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2024

The metal deck plates on some boats creak and wobble underfoot.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 28, 2023

She was near enough so he could hear the creak of her starched linen coif as she peered at him to see whether he was asleep.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli

As French firefighters struggle to contain the worst wildfires in living memory with just 12 aerial water bombers, production of the iconic aircraft creaks along half a world away in a Canadian factory.

From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026

Collectively, the team's defence, which has kept opposition shuttling sideways for the past year, was suddenly full of creaks and creases for Scotland to exploit.

From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026

Tom has reached an age when he can no longer get around the house without an accompaniment of creaks and groans and thuds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025

To get to ceramist Raina Lee’s tree house, you enter through an iron gate with a dog warning sign and climb a long wooden staircase that creaks beneath your feet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2024

The lock on the front door clicks, and it creaks open.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas

It creaked past his shelter, past the collapsed buildings and ravaged orchards towards the west, away from the Yellow Line.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026

The tram creaked past deserted factories that once produced mining equipment and porcelain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

"Derry Girls just creaked the door open ... because there's such trust in the fact that people will watch a story about that place, about those people," she said.

From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026

Germany’s economy as a whole has stagnated since late 2019, after its manufacturing base creaked under high energy prices, increased competition, and a slowdown in Chinese demand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025

Every once in a while Festus the figurehead creaked and squeaked through the speakers, reporting the autopilot status in that weird machine language that only Leo could understand.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

A score by Latham and Shelby Gaines balances discordant, atonal tones with suspense-driven sound design that captures the creaking noises of the forest and the concealed dangers it holds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

I am sure he will get it right eventually, but at the moment they are leaking goals and creaking at the back.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

That has pushed a system, already creaking under years of under-investment and trade sanctions, to the point of collapse.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

Here, Fay Victor, a uniquely daring and creative singer, adorns her vocal with all manner of creaking, wailing, moaning and scatting, yet she maintains Bey’s feeling of directing a congregation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

I had to get away from that voice that sounded like creaking floors and smelled like used oil.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce