creakiness

[kreek-ee-nis]

noun

1. the fact or condition of being apt to creak.

2. the quality of being creaky; rustiness or poor condition due to age or disuse.

3. Phonetics.,  a creaky quality of the voice.

Example Sentences

Some might carp about a certain creakiness in the narrative, but the movie begins with an old sailor telling children a tale around a campfire, and the whole film can be taken in that spirit: Lean in, hush up and go along with the story.

Read more on The Wall Street Journal

Still, the set’s creakiness is no match for the musical itself, a leaden spoof of detective story tropes, bereft of any drama, wit or a single worthwhile song.

Read more on Seattle Times

But amid that creakiness emerges something new in Colman Dock, an aspirational statement about what the ferry system could once again become.

Read more on Seattle Times

But the threat was magnified by the anti-democratic swing of the GOP he exploited, the creakiness of the constitutional order he challenged and his increasing mastery of the loyalty-test politics he excelled at.

Read more on Washington Post

It was old, and the woodwork and creakiness reminded me of my house.

Read more on Literature