creaky
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The most creaky veteran played with the most aggression.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2026
On my last night, the Tulsa Sound showed up beyond the sanctuary’s creaky halls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
There are creaky sections with various bits of percussion and tapped string overtones conveying an otherworldly Harry Partch-like texture, the sort of junkyard orchestra that inspired Tom Waits in the 1980s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
Experts say Venezuela's oil infrastructure is creaky after years of mismanagement and sanctions.
From Barron's ● Jan. 11, 2026
Mama cried silently, rocking back and forth in the creaky folding chair.
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
Morgan always designed his drama to be a "love letter" to the recently departed monarch, and it plays as such, even in these creakier new episodes.
From Salon ● Nov. 11, 2022
Still debonair if a bit creakier, Pépin turns 87 in December.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 1, 2022
As I got into my upper 30s, the boats kept getting lighter and faster and I kept getting older and creakier.
From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2017
“It’s true, all of it,” says Harrison Ford, back as an older, perhaps creakier, Han Solo.
From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2015
Once the backbone of a proud NFL franchise, Pittsburgh's defense has grown grayer, creakier, and slow as ketchup from a bottle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2015
A soft yet supportive backrest that is kind to even the creakiest back.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2023
The town’s few remaining young people were less enamored with holding earth’s creakiest title.
From New York Times ● Jul. 13, 2022
But Wan has a gift for investing even the creakiest cliches with shivery élan.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2016
In 1936, Hollywood staged one of its earliest – and creakiest – onscreen apocalypses in San Francisco, a melodrama about the city-leveling 1906 earthquake.
From The Guardian ● May 23, 2015
I lead the way, pointing to the creakiest steps so Fina will know to skip them.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
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