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Swansea were creaking, and Barnsley deservedly levelled when Williams led a rapid counter-attack before squaring for Woodrow to flash a crisp shot into the bottom corner of the net.

From BBC • May 22, 2021

Kilmarnock were creaking and the pressure told just before the hour when Elyounoussi's low drive from the edge of the box diverted off sliding defender Aaron McGoan to wrong-foot Rogers.

From BBC • Dec. 13, 2020

This music has a scraping quality, deploying sounds created by sliding a bow across a polystyrene block, or crunching the bow hard on a string, barely moving, as if a door were creaking.

From New York Times • Mar. 12, 2015

My bones were creaking, my knees were hurting and with everything that had happened, I thought, maybe it's just time to be Grandad and not worry about it any more.

From The Guardian • Jul. 18, 2013

The air was thick with them, fluttering yellow from the branches; for there was a warm and gentle breeze blowing softly in the valley, and the reeds were rustling, and the willow-boughs were creaking.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien