squeak
noun
a short, sharp, shrill cry; a sharp, high-pitched sound.
is squeaking
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present progressiveof squeak (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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After summer weather that seemed to flip between a little too hot and a little too cold, a week of near-perfect weather is squeaking in just as fall arrives.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 19, 2022
All I hear is squeaking, spraying, and wiping.
From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez
The well is squeaking like a metal banner on a tower.
From Stories by Foreign Authors: Polish, Greek, Belgian, Hungarian by Henryk Sienkiewicz
The pen is squeaking the same as if it was in torment, and them five or six bracelets on her arm is clinking sweet music to my ear.
From J. Poindexter, Colored by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
Sometimes a boy or girl bathing in the sea gets a nip from a crab, and then there is squeaking and squealing.
From The Giant Crab and Other Tales from Old India by W.H.D. Rouse
