creak

the creak of a floorboard broke the silence.

The cart creaked along.

the stairs creaked as she went up them.

the bus creaked round a sharp hairpin bend.

the sofa creaked under his weight.

Oil the hinges; the gate is creaking.

The door in the old house creaked noisily.

It was a weird old house, full of creaks and groans.

loose boards creaked as I walked on them.

they listened to the soft ticking and creaking as the house settled.

the springs in the armchair creak whenever I change position.

The door creaked as she opened it.

as he came upstairs the boards creaked under his weight.

Harry and Ron seized him under the armpits and pulled him out, while a suit of armor at the top of the stairs creaked and clanked, laughing wheezily (GF12).

There had been a loud creak behind him.

You can occasionally hear the creak of the leather as he talks.

As the door creaked, low, rumbling growls met their ears.

It creaked and groaned but did not yield.

That is something a creaking economy badly needs.

Suddenly, the heavy door creaked open, all by itself.

But the ratcheting up of sanctions is taking its toll on the country's creaking economy.

I was surprised to hear more creaking under the bed.

Was he half expecting to hear the creak of a stair or the swish of a cloak?

The road outside lay silent. No wagons creaked by.