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

A few scenes creak like the Tin Man’s joints, however.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025

Just the sunny day causing an old building to creak and groan, or something uncanny?

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2024

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

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 28, 2023

I hear the floorboards creak beneath her feet, then the door shutting softly behind her.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish

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

As well as costly, these tribunal claims are becoming increasingly drawn out as the UK's tribunal system creaks.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

When Ms. Beetz sums up her ordeal by saying, “Rich people,” the script’s reach for significance is so awkward it creaks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026

The track is alive with phantom creaks and a chilling atmosphere; it sounds like it was recorded in the attic of a haunted house.

From New York Times ● Nov. 15, 2024

The branch I’m gripping for balance rustles and creaks.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

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

Except for when passengers, after taking turns at rigging, filed below deck to explore the ship’s white-oak skeleton, which flexed and creaked in the current—the ancient sounds of a seafaring world that’s all but lost.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 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

After clearing the table and loading the dishwasher, the kids headed upstairs as the brownstone creaked mournfully in the silence.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser

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

One is recognizably contemporary; one takes place amid the experimental haze of the 1970s; one witnesses the 20th century just creaking to life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

But Howe's creaking system has historically relied on a rapid striker who can get in behind - and also lead the press.

From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026

He lay in bed, listening to the sounds of the house as they changed from creaking and the wind blowing outside to the clamor of the kids getting ready.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste