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

Because, for all this week's haka hoopla, for all the tourists' dominant history, this is a New Zealand team that creak when their predecessors - with 34 wins from 45 previous meetings - didn't.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2024

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

“Who art thou?” he called, hearing the creak of the door.

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