creaking

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.

The NHS was “creaking at the seams” when the pandemic hit – and this undermined the care given to both coronavirus patients and those needing treatment for other conditions, the Covid public inquiry has been told.