Example Sentences

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Creaking infrastructure has been compounded by fuel shortages, resulting in a crisis that has disrupted public transport and rubbish collection.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

Creaking consumer confidence in the U.S., a vital market for luxury, is an added headwind to the sector’s struggling recovery.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

Creaking water infrastructure — leakage in pipes averages 48% nationally, according to one estimate — means most people drill illegal wells, with 20,000 such boreholes in Greater Beirut alone.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2021

Born in Houston on May 30, 1932, Ms. Oliveros described a childhood fixation on the strange special effects she heard in “The Lone Ranger,” “The Creaking Door,” “The Shadow” and other radio dramas.

From New York Times • Aug. 11, 2012

Creaking benches, murmurs, and a few gasps rumbled through the church.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas