creak

Example Sentences

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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

How many of us have had the experience of hearing an old house creak in the night and wondering if it was something more?

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2024

He said the roof hatch started to come off with "an almighty creak".

From BBC • Jan. 3, 2024

Home, for Dicey, was their house in Provincetown, where the wind made the boards creak in a way that was almost music.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt