creaks (along)

verb

present tense third-person singular of creak (along)
as in drags
to move slowly the line at the registry of motor vehicles was just creaking along

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for creaks (along)
  1. drags
  2. crawls
  3. creeps
  4. inches
  5. oozes
  6. shuffles
  7. pokes
Verb
  • Daemon is knocked to the ground and then watches as Sheepstealer, ripped and torn and bloody, drags itself away.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Seconds later, Blanka drags another inmate out of the cage, demonstrating his electric powers.
    — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 30 July 2026
Definition of drags
Verb
  • Markets do not hold still for a year and a half while your deal crawls through due diligence.
    — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • Footage of the moment shows Menitoff acting as if nothing is happening as the bug crawls on her.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 16 July 2026
Definition of crawls
Verb
  • Complexity slowly creeps in, via the boardroom, presentations, decisions, relationships and finally, the ability to serve the consumer and the very reason why the company exists in the first place.
    — Sonal Jain, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • As our conversation extends into the hour mark, her hood creeps upward along the side of her face most visible to those around us.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 23 June 2026
Definition of creeps
Verb
  • That stat inches closer to 100% among respondents living with a chronic condition.
    — Anisa Arsenault, HEALTH, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The rest of the film drags, the pacing falters, and the story inches toward a mediocre conclusion.
    — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 15 June 2026
Definition of inches
Verb
  • Use Pretreatments in Water Sunflowers are known for polluting water when excessive debris oozes from their stems.
    — Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The slightly musky, your-skin-but-better fragrance oozes an expensive, sophisticated air.
    — Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 25 July 2026
Definition of oozes
Verb
  • On a cloudy-white Sunday morning in June, Joey Phelps shuffles into the familiar back pew of Yeakley Chapel, the small Methodist church that has been a part of his life for nearly 50 years.
    — Harry Bruinius, Christian Science Monitor, 5 July 2026
  • As though on cue, Wardrobe — my beloved, and giant, closet — shuffles over from the corner of my room, the mahogany wood groaning with the effort.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026
Definition of shuffles
Verb
  • Even in the bathrooms, the toilet and bidet are concealed inside a kind of Travertine bench and the showerhead pokes out from a monolithic stone slab.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026
  • This is strong language, which pokes at our tribal memory of gasoline shortages from the 1970’s.
    — George Calhoun, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of pokes
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“Creaks (along).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/creaks%20%28along%29. Accessed 10 Aug. 2026.

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