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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Ann Carrns, New York Times, 2 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
Guy Lodge, Variety, 28 May 2025
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
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Verb
The system, which has always been challenging to navigate, is only now creaking back into full operation after years of Covid-era pauses on payments and collections.
—Ann Carrns, New York Times, 2 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
Noun
There’s no music, either, to soften or ennoble proceedings, only the indifferent murmur of weather over the startling debris of human conflict, or the slow creak of a galleon on lapping waters as sailors are sent cruelly to their deaths.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 28 May 2025
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
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“Creak.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/creak. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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