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Meanings of creaking in English
Usage of creaking in English
1
Below him the galleries were forsaken; they were creaking in the frost.
2
A moment later I hear a creaking noise coming from next door.
3
There was no let-up in the steady creaking of the long sweep.
4
Lying in bed, we heard the creaking of the beams and rafters.
5
There came a great creaking from the ceiling, just above the windows.
6
The regimental bands and the creaking wagons alone disturbed the utter silence.
7
They heard the creaking of the doors behind which were the lions.
8
The faint creaking of the shoes came ever louder down the wind.
9
And right up there, their green, swaying, creaking arms build a roof.
10
He let himself in and walked noiselessly up the creaking wooden stair.
11
Davido could hear his voice creaking and cracking, straining to say something.
12
Victarion could hear their hulls creaking as they settled on the sand.
13
It was virtually one run a year and little bits were creaking.
14
Before them the giant ice-pans rose, crumbling and creaking in mad turmoil.
15
For now he caught a faint and regular creaking of the stairs.
16
All was still, save a slight creaking of boughs in the wind.
About this term
Frequent collocations
Creaking through the time
Creaking across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common