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Recent Examples of creaks
Hattie Lindert,
Pitchfork,
17 Apr. 2026
Woo walked slowly across the room, using a walker to stabilize his upper body, his steps a symphony of clunks and creaks and whirs.
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IEEE Spectrum,
1 Apr. 2026
The Freight House building creaks and moans underfoot, and passing trains produce little more than a subtle hum.
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Nicole Letts,
Southern Living,
28 Feb. 2026
Fennell begins on a black screen and the sound of creaks and moans.
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Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
Inside the Sámi church, centuries-old wood creaks under candlelight—while at Nutti Sámi Siida (a reindeer lodge offering traditional Sámi experiences), visitors sip warm lingonberry juice and listen to joik songs.
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Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
Noun
Mr Cobra opens like a dark, cobwebbed staircase leading into a vast and foreboding space, all frantic flute and piano, creaks, and bone-chilling screeches (not to mention a slutty monologue seemingly communicated via Google Translate).
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Hattie Lindert,
Pitchfork,
17 Apr. 2026
Woo walked slowly across the room, using a walker to stabilize his upper body, his steps a symphony of clunks and creaks and whirs.
—
IEEE Spectrum,
1 Apr. 2026
The Freight House building creaks and moans underfoot, and passing trains produce little more than a subtle hum.
—
Nicole Letts,
Southern Living,
28 Feb. 2026
Fennell begins on a black screen and the sound of creaks and moans.
—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
Inside the Sámi church, centuries-old wood creaks under candlelight—while at Nutti Sámi Siida (a reindeer lodge offering traditional Sámi experiences), visitors sip warm lingonberry juice and listen to joik songs.
—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for creaks
Noun
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The neoprene construction is soft to the touch, but cushioned enough to protect glasses from scratches and bumps.
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Schwarber and Nationals shortstop CJ Abrams were late scratches; Schwarber with low back tightness and Abrams with left side tightness.
Verb
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Expect a lot of kicks, punches, chases and grunts and groans.
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Six audibly groans, like the cyhyraeth echoing on the moors.
Verb
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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.
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Say your engine has an oil leak, the A/C fan belt squeaks intermittently, and the two front tires are close to bald.
Noun
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Minor scrapes and blisters happen too often while traveling, and the ship's medical center is notoriously expensive for the little stuff that a bandage would fix.
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The Dirty Beaches founder’s own saxophone and trumpet lead the players’ cut-and-pasted recordings down dark alleys of decay and introspection, backdropped by percussive bangs and scrapes that suggest the construction of some great, mysterious superstructure.
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.
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As the video continues, one person can be heard yelling her name while the makeup artist moans in pain.
Verb
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Among the red seats of the David Geffen Theater, the atmosphere crackles with anticipation and a touch of anxiety.
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Over the weekends, a live pianist performs; the wood-burning fireplace crackles away seven days a week.
Verb
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Jessie whines about the good old days all the time — how fun is that?
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Aronimink put the world’s best golfers in a vice this week and squeezed the whines right out of them.
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“Creaks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/creaks. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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