How to Use creak in a Sentence

creak

1 of 2 verb
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  • The porch roof creaked with the heavy weight of the snow.
  • The old floorboards creaked under our feet.
  • The birch trees creaked in the wind; the hills were unbroken white waves.
    — Tatiana Schlossberg, Outside Online, 25 Mar. 2023
  • The aging boards still creak as people walk along the porch to the front door.
    — Tom Henderson | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 21 Apr. 2022
  • That door that creaked open even though all of the windows were shut?
    — Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE.com, 16 Oct. 2019
  • For a sofa, lift one end to be sure the frame doesn’t sag or creak.
    — Washington Post, 3 May 2022
  • The door creaked open, and she was struck by the sharp smell of rotting peaches.
    — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 2 Apr. 2018
  • This time of year, heat blurred the prairies and made the tall grass creak underfoot.
    — David Grann, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2017
  • The cottonwoods creak amid the steady flow of the river, a dulcet tone in the desert.
    — Erin Stone, azcentral, 3 Feb. 2020
  • The first creaks in Abood’s foundation were heard in 2012.
    — James Taranto, WSJ, 29 June 2018
  • The hour being now half past one, the doors of the Conciergerie would be creaking open.
    — Bruce Dale, National Geographic, 17 Apr. 2019
  • With every bend and bump in the road, the wooden shelves inside the 27-year-old van creaked.
    — Jen Fifield, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Mar. 2018
  • Out of the box, the hinge squeaks and creaks, which doesn't inspire confidence.
    — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 13 Feb. 2020
  • Barber walks off, and the old church creaks on its footings.
    — Tommy Tomlinson, Esquire, 25 Apr. 2017
  • Then, even the creaking sound of the piano pedal made it in the demo.
    — Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Guests scrambled to stack chairs to brace the doors, and windows buckled and creaked.
    — Grace Garces Bordallo and Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Anchorage Daily News, 25 May 2023
  • If the piece is in good condition, the arm won’t wobble or creak.
    — Washington Post, 3 May 2022
  • Nadal was creaking entering the fifth set, but in one of the two key games of the fifth, saved three break chances at 0-1.
    — Ravi Ubha, CNN, 9 Sep. 2019
  • Our apartment’s dull brick walls changed to ones made of creaking stone.
    — Elisabeth Thomas, refinery29.com, 12 May 2020
  • Chains and trucks and big digger-like gadgets creak and groan, clanking bells tolling for the dead.
    — Josephine Livingstone, New Republic, 23 May 2017
  • The searchers crest a hill where a derelict trailer creaks in the wind, then follow the slope down toward a clearing.
    — Eric Ogden, Marie Claire, 10 June 2019
  • Today commuter lines are creaking, and more of the French accept the need for change.
    — The Economist, 7 Apr. 2018
  • The body creaked and flexed, and the hatch rattled regularly.
    — Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 12 May 2020
  • But over the coming weeks, many of these workplaces will creak slowly back to life.
    — Emily Anthes, New York Times, 11 June 2021
  • There are a few videos on Twitter now of the Moto Razr hinge squeaking and creaking right out of the box.
    — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 7 Feb. 2020
  • Their muscles ached, their lungs heaved, their bodies creaked and groaned.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 12 July 2018
  • The Cincinnati back line creaked and buckled, but never broke.
    — Patrick Brennan, Cincinnati.com, 28 June 2017
  • The stairs are crooked, the floorboards creak with every step, and there are plenty of fishermen’s relics on the walls.
    — Sander Van Den Broecke, Travel + Leisure, 26 Mar. 2023
  • But what will happen when its windows grow dark, the paint starts to crumble, and its boards creak in the winter wind?
    — Chaise Sanders, Country Living, 14 Sep. 2021
  • Britain still lags behind Italy, Spain and France in the spread of the virus, but the country’s overstretched health system is creaking.
    — Amy Forliti and Frank Jordans, Houston Chronicle, 21 Mar. 2020
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creak

2 of 2 noun
  • Like the slap of the waves and the creak of the masts, this was the sound of sailing.
    — Andrea Sachs, Philly.com, 26 Oct. 2017
  • Maybe the ball didn’t know his age, but the creaks in his knees knew better.
    — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2023
  • In the forest, Tom is alert to every tick, creak, and snap from the canopy.
    — Lizzie Pook, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Sep. 2022
  • The wooden deck creaks, the water fizzes, and the wind howls through the hood of my jacket.
    — Matthew Bremner, Slate Magazine, 24 July 2017
  • Always there’s noise — the creak of the shifting glacier, the push of the steady wind, the crack of trees snapping in the deep freeze.
    — Laura Manske, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2021
  • The trees that are standing creak as the wind pushes them around.
    — The New York Times, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2017
  • And with the top up, there’s the occasional creak and groan.
    — Steve Siler, Car and Driver, 16 Feb. 2018
  • The bird imitated the creak of the ship on the way over and for some time thereafter.
    — National Geographic, 15 May 2016
  • The bird imitated the creak of the ship on the way over and for some time thereafter.
    — National Geographic, 15 May 2016
  • There are at least no squeaks or creaks here, which is good, but the phone feels hollow.
    — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 2 Nov. 2017
  • The female body grows and slows, pimples and dimples, and leaks and creaks.
    — Aly Viny, Cosmopolitan, 5 July 2017
  • The only sound was the creak of their pedals, echoing off the facades.
    — Caleb Crain, Harper's magazine, 22 July 2019
  • The soundtrack brims with the gentle yet ceaseless splash of waves, the creak of wooden boats, the scrape of feet against dry, hard earth.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 July 2021
  • The half-second pause after every punch-in is loaded, like the creak of the floor in a horror movie.
    — Pitchfork, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Then Bowen began to hear his roof creak under the stress of roughly 6 feet of snow piled on top of his home.
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The plane, now propped up on jacks, creaks in the wind and strips of insulation flutter from holes in the fuselage.
    — Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Hear the creaks and howls on your spooky trolley ride, explore the Creepy Graveyard, and play Halloween games.
    — Liv Martin, Twin Cities, 5 Oct. 2019
  • Play it at night, when every creak and thump from the overhead air ducts will scare the bejesus out of you.
    — New York Times, 2 Apr. 2020
  • The creak of the tack and the warm vitality of the horse were profoundly familiar, even in this new place.
    — Maggie Shipstead, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Feb. 2020
  • An iceberg splits with the same yawning creak as a tree beginning its fall to earth.
    — Greg Noone, Outside Online, 15 Oct. 2020
  • That little creak, perhaps, is inviting them to speak freely.
    — Veronique Greenwood, Discover Magazine, 13 Dec. 2011
  • The room was silent — no beating hearts, ticking clocks or gnostic ravens — except for the creak of a chair and the soft flutter of a turning page.
    — Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2022
  • This tour will include creaks and cold spots and is not recommended for young souls.
    — courant.com, 17 Oct. 2019
  • Whenever someone hears a floorboard creak, Michael's in the house.
    — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 9 Sep. 2021
  • The gentle wind, the breathing of the horses, and the creak of saddle leather as the horses shifted position were the only sounds.
    — Carl Hoffman, Washington Post, 6 June 2023
  • Sperm whales send out clicks and creaks, which bounce off of prey, allowing the whales to detect their dinner at a distance.
    — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Then, right as Mr. Blanco arrived at the coat check, there was the loud creak of a door followed by footsteps across an empty room.
    — Jack Nicas Anita Pouchard Serra, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Neighborhoods void of the creak of opening garage doors and the trilling laughter of children careening down the street on their bikes.
    — Lizzie Johnson, SFChronicle.com, 8 Nov. 2019
  • Traction was steady, and the chassis was stable and creak-free even with one or two wheels — on opposite corners, natch — in the air.
    — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 31 Oct. 2022
  • But good sound design requires more than just the ability to re-create the creak of a door hinge or the bustle and clatter of a lunch counter.
    — Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2021

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