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Sentence Examples We all finished about the same time and Delilah took the plates to a nearby creak while the rest of us slipped into our bedrolls. Police have warned they have a duty to stop people en route if the country begins to creak under the strain. The door opened with hardly a creak and no one noticed as he slipped outside. She felt it creak and sag ominously under her slight weight, but breathed a sigh of relief as it held steady. It may creak a little under the strain of me getting into it each night, but other than that, it's a silent bed. Already, by 1963, the dollar had begun to creak under the strains of deepening economic contradictions. Moving in one fluid motion, she opened the door and stepped inside, closing it behind her with a creak. Big blockbuster films tend to creak under their own weight and the momentum of them, for an actor, sometimes just gets in the way. Subtle horns creak from enveloping static before becoming lost in an overbearing string arrangement. A creak in the floorboards caused his sharp eyes to search the dark deck quickly. The only sound was the occasional creak of the weathered ropes straining to hold out weight. When he was still awake he thought he heard the faint creak of a floorboard, he immediately filed that away as Kira getting her midnight snack. A creak in the floorboard echoed throughout the house, but there was no sign that anyone had heard anything. The bed springs twanged and the wooden floor boards responded with a creak. He heard the bedroom door creak open and quickly palmed the note he had found. He became a little worried because he heard a light creak in the floorboards. There was a second of hesitation, possibly as Meghan was preparing for another punch, and then a creak and a thud. The twins stood at the bow of the ship as the creak and groan of ice echoed all around. A slight creak echoed in that same side street and a dark figure ascended from the ground as if rising from the dead. Buggies and omnibuses swarmed the street, filling it with the clop of hooves and creak of wheels and thick, sharp smell of dung. Show More Sentences Sitting in the Sequoia's bow, I can hear only the creak of the oars and the muffled roar of the falls. Some postal workers specifically avoided the World Trade Centre because its upper floors were known to creak and sway in stiff winds. Every creak of a floor board or an opening door seems loud enough to wake up the whole house. The heavy fabric blocked the sound of the thunder, and a creak outside my door was now audible. Only the creak of the mast and the boom, the rippling of the sail and the gurgling of the passing water reached Miri's ears. The door slid back with a loud whine and creak of the mechanical and electric gears. With a loud creak and groan, the wall behind the cross was pulled upwards by a series of mechanical gears to reveal a heavy metal door. The sun was setting, the room was beginning to fade duskily into night, and every creak sounded like the footsteps they awaited on the stairs. You would have heard the marching feet of soldiers then, and the rumble of hooves and the creak of the wheels of wains. The creak of a loose floorboard made her turn in distress to see the man not ten feet from her. He took a step on the platform, his weight causing a loud creak, and froze. There was a creak of a floorboard, and the hairs on the back of her neck rose. The door slid open with a familiar creak, an untidy head poking itself through, silhouetted against the warm glow of the lamps outside. A high-pitched creak sounded, and I craned my neck as far as I could to see what this seaman looked like. The shelves creak with bottles of exotic oils, potions and elixirs, and the minibar is crammed with delicate liqueurs and Belgian chocolates. The floors seemed uneven and walking around in the room caused the walls to creak and groan. Opening without creak or groan, it revealed the loveliest room Sara had ever imagined. Outside could be heard the creak and thud of damaged trees, and the thrashing of errant guttering and plastic garden furniture. All my senses are alert, as I hear every creak, feel each gnarl and groove of the banister and smell fruity decaying earth. When he heard the creak in the floorboards he didn't even bother to look up. Show More Sentences He was staring at the brown splotchy ceiling, mulling over the events of that evening, when his door began to creak open. They stayed absolutely still, but somehow managed to make those obnoxious floorboards creak. The door opened with a slight creak and I allowed myself into his room. His horse shifted its weight apprehensively, its muscles bunching and smoothing beneath the saddle, causing the leather to creak ever so slightly. He knocks loudly at the door, and it swings open with a ponderous creak. Branches against the window creak and caw in the wind like birds. If you stand quietly and let your imagination run away, you can hear the creak of carts, the clop of hooves on the cobbles, and the voices of animals and people. I hope to see polar bears too, but witnessing the ocean solidified into blocks that creak and growl as the ship's ice-strengthened hull ploughs a furrow is enough of a treat. The creak of the wooden pontoon was such a sad, lonely sound. I heard the gates creak open and felt a slight shove to move forward. A creak sounded, and a rope ladder unfurled from an unseen source. I was brought out of my reverie by the creak of a floorboard behind me. The girls fell silent as they heard a creak on the floorboards outside. A muffled creak sounded from outside the walls of Feye's bedroom. He didn't hear the creak of heavy footsteps on the basement stairs. A creaking swing door gave her warning when anyone was coming, and she refused to have the creak remedied. I let my sapless tongue creak up to check out the swelling on my upper west side. It blew through the leaves causing them to move and rustle and around the branches causing them to creak and clap together. Fragments of conversation can be heard, the low ceilings groan and creak, and somewhere in the dark you can hear horses whinnying and snorting. Europe's economy continues to creak under the weight of recession, and citizens need to know how we will lighten that load. Show More Sentences The directive, however, is beginning to creak, and revision cannot be put off indefinitely. But I am still unable to move without causing the floor to creak, nor am I able to tolerate the mess growing around my house! Ensure that the sub-floor is level, clean, dry, conforms to the structural plan and does not creak. With a contemptuous sneer, he passed quickly through the door, and we heard the rusty bolt creak as he fastened it behind him. There was the creak of aged bones moving more quickly, and then the door slowly opened. There was a rustle of fabric and the creak of what I imagined to be a seat similar to that which had seated me. With quality furniture, moving parts, too, are made of materials that don't squeak, creak or rustle, even after longterm use. There was a rustle and creak of furniture as people sat and shuffled to become at ease. Part of her superstructure and decking have been crushed and peeled away, so huge sections of metal creak and groan. She wonders whether one day this package of skin and bones will be able to do much more than creak. Relegated to the underworld of the empire of the waves, only the souls of their seafarers still take the helm and make pulleys creak. This special plastic material can neither absorb water nor creak under load. Finally, the organ settled into the formal wedding march and everyone grew deadly silent when the wooden doors to the chapel opened with a loud creak. The springs creak, mattress jouncing as he resettles his weight. The only real noise was the sheets screeching through the blocks and the deafening creak when one running backstay was let off and the other was ground on hard. The hinges hadn't been oiled in so long that the slightest movement of the doors sent a creak from the hinge so loud that it could be heard anywhere in the huge home. This strong vibration of the pipe, though raucous and nasal, this shrill creak and this brisk staccato of the hurdy-gurdy, are just made one for each other and set right themselves mutually. Why does my floor creak and what should I do? During her evenings, everything in the apartment seems to remind Claire of these violent episodes which she simply cannot forget: a table, a chair, the creak of a door. The creak of saddle leather and the nickering of the stock at night create a unique ambience. Show More Sentences Dogs bark at strange noises floorboards start to creak, the neighbours are shouting again for the umpteenth time this week. I heard her creak as she bent to pick up the fallen book. As it turns, all the ribs in the woodwork creak. Canvas and cordage strain and masts and yards creak. The enjoyably campy quips of protagonist Detective Sebastian Castellanos do little to distract from the ominous creak of a wrought iron gate that leads to a creaking mansion, shrouded in mist. The asthmatic creak and wheeze of old, dry leather harness, the plod and shuffle of many feet and the musical tinkle of small pebbles being jostled aside by the caravan. Romantics heard it in the roar of avalanches, the creak of glaciers, the crackle of fire in timber and the long susurration of waves on the shore. Next came the semi-landing with the lunette window, and here the door opened under the pressure of a single finger, and with a sigh and creak. After a time, too, I could actually hear the air sighing through my lungs, and when I moved the slight creak and snap of muscles pulling bones to a different position. Typing while wearing tefillin is challenging, but I find that the creak and pull of the leather straps helps keep me mindful of what I aim to be doing. Neither of them had a chance to speak however, as the doors swung open with a high-pitched creak, revealing the room within. Examples from Classical Literature A minute there was silence, except for the soft creak of Her dress as She rocked him. The creak of saddle leather and the clop clop of her horses hoofs were all the sounds that disturbed the stillness. Indeed, not a sound was to be heard, except the creak and craunch of the dry snow under our feet. He listened but heard only the gurgle of the Vulcan's wake and the creak of her plates. The doors of the hansom opened with a creak and banged back on their spring. With this he leaned over the bed, and there was a creak of the spring mattress. I heard the rattle of the bar as the helper lifted it, then the creak of the gate. It even repeated the creak of those old, rusty springs while you waited for her. She started up, choking and sobbing, and heard the engines throb, the paddle-wheel creak and splash. Antoinette heard the door creak, and she was on her feet like a flash. Not long after one o'clock there was a slight creak in the darkened farmhouse once the mansion of the d'Urbervilles. Just then they heard a grating creak, followed by creak, creak, all round the Gardens. Fear Overload Scream Park will creak open its doors starting on October 4th 2014 and running through November 2nd. Never did bough creak so mysteriously, and never did the far-away howling of dogs send such a woeful presage through the night. He slipped stealthily down the narrow stair, his hair rising and his pulses halting at the slightest creak. At every step the old boards seemed to creak as though in pain. Finally, there was a creak from a chair, and the footsteps ceased. I can hear men's voices calling, near and far, and the roll and creak of oars in the rowlocks. He bowed again until I fancied I could hear the creak of his old joints. The wind rose and made the old tree rock, and creak, and tremble. Show More Sentences Even the saloon was deserted, although a back door in the dim recess seemed to creak mysteriously. Heavy steps sounded slowly behind the wall, then stopped and made the floor creak once more. Nursing homes are 24-hour-day institutions, so even at night, doors slam, staff members converse, residents scream, carts creak and objects fall clattering to the floor. Creak, creak aching joints interject, Sounds to be expected in retrospect. At last, however, we heard the creak of the hinges, and it seems my uncle slipped gingerly out and sate him down on the top doorstep with the blunderbuss ready in his hands. Then Charles returned to his isolated abode, always alone, slow and sad, amusing himself with making the friable and moving sand creak beneath his feet. Find more words! 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