creaky
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Because Krypto has to be alive to put a creaky plot in motion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
The most creaky veteran played with the most aggression.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 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
John McGinn and Donyell Malen carved through the creaky Tottenham defence with a rapid exchange of passes before Buendia lashed high into the roof of the net from 10 yards.
From Barron's ● Jan. 10, 2026
“So Pinewood holds a special meaning for creaky old birdwatchers like me. As a goodwill gesture, MI6 makes a senior agent available to offer technical expertise on any films that feature the Secret Intelligence Service.”
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
As a mover, Springsteen was maybe a little creakier than in the other shows I’ve caught over the last decade, at least until he came across that dog in his path during “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2024
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
“T2 Trainspotting,” to use its perplexing title, is slower and creakier than “Trainspotting.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2017
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
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
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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