creaking

The teenager’s story, indeed much of her life, will be familiar to the many families who have struggled to navigate the creaking mental health system, leaving them feeling their concerns have been downplayed or dismissed.

It comes just weeks after millions were left without power for four days following a blackout caused by issues with the country's creaking energy infrastructure.

I can hear the faint creaking of floorboards in my house yet when I’m in the middle of a robust three-way conversation, I feel like the odd man out.

It’s the fourth-oldest ballpark in baseball, a creaking facility with all the charm of a concrete plant.

The TGV trains swishing through the French countryside at 230 mph were in stark contrast to the UK’s creaking rolling stock.