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An indication of the stand’s age came via the sizeable gaps that had opened up in the floorboards, most likely due to the shrinkage of old timbers over time.
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Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 9 May 2025
Sandberg effectively calibrates the silences in these moments — letting entire sequences play out with little sound expect a creaking floorboard, a heavy breath or the turn of the page — to ratchet up the tension.
—Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 24 Apr. 2025
Hidden beneath the floorboards of one of Europe’s oldest castles, a vanilla pod sat buried in a mixture of dirt and rubble.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2025
Dust would blow in through the cracks in the wall and up through the floorboards.
—Ari Daniel, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025
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Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 9 May 2025
Sandberg effectively calibrates the silences in these moments — letting entire sequences play out with little sound expect a creaking floorboard, a heavy breath or the turn of the page — to ratchet up the tension.
—Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 24 Apr. 2025
Hidden beneath the floorboards of one of Europe’s oldest castles, a vanilla pod sat buried in a mixture of dirt and rubble.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2025
Dust would blow in through the cracks in the wall and up through the floorboards.
—Ari Daniel, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025
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“Floorboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/floorboard. Accessed 19 May. 2025.
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