creaky
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The most creaky veteran played with the most aggression.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2026
Some of these investments—particularly those meant to replace creaky equipment—seem like the types regulators may be inclined to greenlight even if inflation runs rampant or the economy enters a downturn.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
Experts say Venezuela's oil infrastructure is creaky after years of mismanagement and sanctions.
From Barron's ● Jan. 11, 2026
I remember walking up the creaky stairs of the house to our room and feeling like I was walking somewhere with high elevation.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2025
I walked across the creaky floors to look out the window.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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
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
In its place is a more cautious, altogether creakier energy, one that touchingly mirrors the emotional and physical states of men who are neither as spry nor as carefree as their younger selves.
From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2017
Sloane’s second novel is a bit creakier than his first, slower-moving and more conventional in its setup and marred by an ending that feels rushed.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 1, 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
The 21-year-old, born Rodrick Wayne Moore Jr., has these strangely piercing hazel eyes that, when he’s skeptical, can make you feel like the creakiest boomer alive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2020
He was driving the creakiest, oldest and smallest Hyundai that I'd ever seen.
From New York Times ● May 15, 2018
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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