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Recent Examples of creak
Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
In the opening moments, Loznitsa, working with the Romanian cinematographer Oleg Mutu, plants the camera before the prison gates, which open with a loud creak, allowing a fresh batch of emaciated arrivals to shuffle into a work yard.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
Though overall inflation appears to be stabilizing, the uneven pattern hints at what some analysts see as a late-cycle economy — where headline numbers look steady, but the foundations begin to creak.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
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Noun
The creak of a hinge, the thrum of water running through the pipes.
—Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
In the opening moments, Loznitsa, working with the Romanian cinematographer Oleg Mutu, plants the camera before the prison gates, which open with a loud creak, allowing a fresh batch of emaciated arrivals to shuffle into a work yard.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
Verb
Or perhaps a constructive metaphor is better—a social order starts to creak into place.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
Though overall inflation appears to be stabilizing, the uneven pattern hints at what some analysts see as a late-cycle economy — where headline numbers look steady, but the foundations begin to creak.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for creak
Noun
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The most horrifying fact Garcia shared was that a wound as tiny as a tick bite or a scratch can attract a female screwfly to lay her eggs.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2026
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In other words, the drug may not create the problem from scratch so much as unmask or worsen one that was already simmering.—
Ryan Brennan,
Sacbee.com,
13 June 2026
Verb
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While millions of soccer fans cheer or groan over World Cup matches spanning North America, health officials will be on high alert for germs.—
Lauren Neergaard,
Chicago Tribune,
10 June 2026
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The audience groaned, while Mel B and Vergara just turned around.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 June 2026
Verb
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So everyone’s just barely squeaking by.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
17 June 2026
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Crysencio Summerville squeaks it just inside the left post in the 64th minute to retake the lead for The Netherlands, 2-1.—
Jim Barnes,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 June 2026
Noun
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Her presence is heralded not by the sounds of howls, roars or clanking chains, but by the shutting of the door to her study, the scrape of her chair as it is pulled towards her desk, and the clanking of her type-writer keys.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
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Delivery trucks, garbage workers, taxi drivers and honking motorists squeeze by parked cars on narrow side streets, sometimes ripping off side view mirrors or leaving scrapes on bumpers.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
9 June 2026
Verb
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Don’t whine about his Northern California roots or love of the local nine.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
16 June 2026
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Stop whining and complaining, people.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
12 June 2026
Verb
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Fireworks crackled over the center-field scoreboard.—
Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
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Once the age checks were done, the opening bars to the FIFA anthem crackled through the stadium speakers, and the players filed onto the field, gripping the hands of the young local players escorting them.—
Ryan Lenora Brown,
NPR,
14 June 2026
Noun
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Like Dijon, svn4vr uses a dexterous, soulful rasp to fight for emotional truth from within songs that occupy shifting senses of space and bear the seams of digital assembly.—
H.D. Angel,
Pitchfork,
9 Apr. 2026
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Deep and smoky with impressive control and just a touch of Etta James rasp, Spiro’s is a voice not so much influenced by jazz legends like Winehouse or Nina Simone but rather a direct descendant.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Musselwhite punctuated the music with his harmonica trills and moans while his right knee bounced in time with the rhythms.—
Kevin McKeough,
Chicago Tribune,
7 June 2026
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And yes, that sound will dissipate and soon will be too faint for my human ears as it is absorbed into space, but Renee Gladman writes that spaces moan.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
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“Creak.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/creak. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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