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

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

Eddie leans back in the chair, and I’m super proud when it doesn’t even creak.

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