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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Laura Poppick
july 22, Literary Hub, 22 July 2025
That includes the lack of affordable housing and creaking transport infrastructure — as anyone on a hot, dirty and cramped Central Line tube on their morning commute to work will attest.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 14 July 2025
Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
The Little Chief creaks and groans as another load of passengers settles in for a tour of St. Mary Lake in Montana’s Glacier National Park.
—Diana Lambdin Meyer, USA Today, 28 June 2025
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Verb
What once sat blank and unmoving begins to flow and creak and jerk beneath its own weight.
—Laura Poppick
july 22, Literary Hub, 22 July 2025
That includes the lack of affordable housing and creaking transport infrastructure — as anyone on a hot, dirty and cramped Central Line tube on their morning commute to work will attest.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 14 July 2025
Noun
And a few creaks and rattles cropped up when the exhaust roar or music didn’t drown out all other sounds—though pushing hard in the hills seemed to settle some of the trim into place better.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
The Little Chief creaks and groans as another load of passengers settles in for a tour of St. Mary Lake in Montana’s Glacier National Park.
—Diana Lambdin Meyer, USA Today, 28 June 2025
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“Creak.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/creak. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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