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Recent Examples of Synonyms for creaked
Verb
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Asked about the top of the 10th, Tracy groaned.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
3 May 2026 -
The man groaned again when the nurse touched his elbow.—
Darrell Smith
May 1,
Sacbee.com,
1 May 2026
Verb
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This weekend — four years and seven months since cameras first rolled on the project — Desert Warrior squeaked onto 1,010 American screens with the barest minimum of marketing and failed to crack the top ten of new movies.—
Chris Lee,
Vulture,
27 Apr. 2026
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Charl Schwartzel and Jon Rahm, who won the Masters in 2023, both squeaked by at 4 over, while Sergio Garcia was only one stroke better than that duo at 3 over.—
Bob Harkins,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Traffic hummed and whined on I-85.—
Thomas Lake,
AJC.com,
13 May 2026
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Second, in a report of their own, the pro-business commissioners whined that all of this was unfair.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 May 2026
Verb
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Lightning strikes crackled through the clouds 37 times during the storm in Ada County, according to the meteorologist.—
Hali Smith,
Idaho Statesman,
16 Apr. 2026
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Though many were faded and dusty, the assemblages nevertheless crackled with an almost urgent vibrancy, beckoning the viewer closer.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
30 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Coach Arne Slot moaned about VAR but his problems lie much closer to home.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
4 May 2026
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Critics moaned when the CFP committee picked the Hurricanes over Notre Dame as the last Power 4 entry into the playoffs.—
Chris Hays,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Creaked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/creaked. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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