creaked; creaking; creaks
: to make a prolonged grating or squeaking sound often as a result of being worn-out
also
: to proceed slowly with or as if with creaking wheels
the story creaks along to a dull conclusion
: a rasping or grating noise
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Examples of creak in a Sentence
Verb
The old floorboards creaked under our feet.
The porch roof creaked with the heavy weight of the snow.
Noun
the creak of a floorboard
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James McNicholas, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
Throughout the fun, the lack of creaking and clunking surprised me, too.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
The chapel was so old that creaks shuttered across the floor like lightning.
—Nicolette Polek, Harper's Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
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Verb
The limit on that particular route to money is £300m, but United are already creaking under debt.
—James McNicholas, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
Throughout the fun, the lack of creaking and clunking surprised me, too.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Noun
Gracey gets an astonishing amount across in the details: the goofy creak of a leather jumpsuit, a camera angle tilted to show the utterly unspectacular pulley system that yanked Williams upside-down in front of a crowd of 125,000.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
The chapel was so old that creaks shuttered across the floor like lightning.
—Nicolette Polek, Harper's Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
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“Creak.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/creak. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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