Example Sentences

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The world’s electric grids are creaking under the pressure of volatile fossil-fuel prices and the imperative of weaning the world off polluting energy sources.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 11, 2021

And the Golden Arches are creaking under the pressure.

From Slate • May 11, 2015

The bulk of the money is to be earmarked for universities, which are creaking under increasing numbers of students.

From Nature • Oct. 30, 2014

The continent's social shock-absorbers are creaking under the strain of a prolonged economic crisis that began in 2008 and engulfed the euro zone in a sovereign debt crisis from 2010.

From Reuters • Mar. 18, 2013

My trunks are creaking their way down the hall, urged on by a perspiring, muttering porter.

From Europe After 8:15 by Benton, Thomas H.