Example Sentences

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As the storm was unfolding, “everything was creaking and howling, and air was blowing into the house,” she recalled.

From Washington Post • Sep. 25, 2022

No bad thing for a city that felt like it was creaking under the weight of its many festivals.

From BBC • Jul. 7, 2022

Lebanon's national power grid was creaking before the crisis, with rolling cuts across the country.

From Reuters • Jan. 23, 2022

Their defence was creaking but at the other end Denmark had chances too in what quickly proved to be the most open game of the tournament.

From The Guardian • Jun. 19, 2010

The hull was creaking, the deck moving, and Pretty was squealing in distress.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin