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
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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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2025
The timing and ease of that goal — at a point when Leeds United were already creaking during the 2023-24 run-in — virtually condemned their top-two hopes.
—Beren Cross, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025
Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 11 Mar. 2025
The set is a ship’s deck that tilts and creaks ominously while a screen plays eerily textured footage of a roiling ocean.
—Houman Barekat, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
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Verb
Making no effort to conceal the creaking obviousness of the sets—the site of a locomotive crash, a veranda overlooking a beautiful garden—Gomes revels in a blatant Old Hollywood artifice.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2025
The timing and ease of that goal — at a point when Leeds United were already creaking during the 2023-24 run-in — virtually condemned their top-two hopes.
—Beren Cross, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025
Noun
My assumption is that most rational human beings would happily stay in a warm and cozy office and simply listen to the building creak and groan under the force of the violent gusts.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 11 Mar. 2025
The set is a ship’s deck that tilts and creaks ominously while a screen plays eerily textured footage of a roiling ocean.
—Houman Barekat, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
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“Creak.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/creak. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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