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Recent Examples of creak
Noun
For years, Austinites have hungrily lined up around the block on Barton Springs Rd., often well before the doors even creak open, for a taste of Terry Black's brisket, ribs, and all the fixin's.—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025 The all-plastic body doesn’t creak or groan, and the display lid allows surprisingly little flex for a budget laptop.—PC Magazine, 5 June 2025
Verb
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 See All Example Sentences for creak
Behind the door, Red groaned, then gave himself a self-motivating shout.
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Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
Concerns that the Texas power grid, managed by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), could soon begin to groan under the weight of surging demand, led the Texas Legislature to pass Senate Bill 6 (SB 6) in the 2025 session.
The cords have never needed replacing, the mat hasn’t sagged, and the frame doesn’t squeak—even during more intense workouts.
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Jordan Galloway,
SELF,
15 July 2025
Taylor faced Serrano for the first time in 2022, and though many observers believed Serrano deserved the decision, especially after badly hurting Taylor midway through, Taylor squeaked out the split decision to become the undisputed lightweight champion.
Now-tired 2010 fads that Lorde pioneered, including bittersweet tropical-pop textures and moaning vocal snippets, are everywhere.
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Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
27 June 2025
After one season, he was forcefully rejected by the community, which moaned to the press (and the local police) that the tranquil pondside inn was becoming a celebrity- and influencer-infested late-night party spot just like his club in the city.
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