creak

Example Sentences

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When the wind blows hard, and their branches and boughs thrash and creak, I am convinced they will topple over and cleave my home in twain.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

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

Just the sunny day causing an old building to creak and groan, or something uncanny?

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2024

He heard the creak of the platform turning with the weight of the voladores as the rope unspooled counterclockwise, and the music of the drum and flute.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2023

I’m making another face at Meadowlark when the doors to the great room creak.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy