creaking
Example Sentences
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The silence was broken by more screaking of the outside stairs.
From When Egypt Went Broke by Day, Holman
We didn't say anything, and so it was very still for a second or so, and there warn't no sounds but the screaking of the woodwork and the chug-chugging of the machinery down below.
From Tom Sawyer, Detective by Twain, Mark
She noticed it, and one evening looked back, and said: "Oh, you're not a bit more glad than I am, you screaking wretch!"
From Life on the Stage by Morris, Clara
I now heard the shrill screaking of the rusty iron, as the avenue gate revolved on its hinges; again came the sound of wheels in rapid motion.
From Two Ghostly Mysteries A Chapter in the History of a Tyrone Family; and the Murdered Cousin by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
The awfulest thing was the silence; there wasn't a sound but the screaking of the saddles, the measured tramplings, and the sneezing of the horses, afflicted by the smothering dust-clouds which they kicked up.
From Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc — Volume 1 by Twain, Mark