How to Use creaky in a Sentence

creaky

adjective
  • The new governor promises to work to revive the state's creaky economy.
  • Fortunate to be safe and warm in our creaky old house.
    — Charles Davis, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2025
  • The wind knocks it over, and the old, creaky cabin starts to go up in flames.
    — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2024
  • One wearily pushes hers in a creaky pram.
    — Literary Hub, 11 Dec. 2025
  • But racing is a creaky old pastime here, with few young fans.
    — William Finnegan, The New Yorker, 15 May 2021
  • The uncle’s house is old and creaky and was once home to a dark wizard.
    — Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2021
  • That’s not to say computers with the new chip will be creaky by any means.
    — Wes Davis, The Verge, 13 Aug. 2023
  • That might lead you to believe that the main symptoms are creaky wrists or knees.
    — Marygrace Taylor, Good Housekeeping, 13 Aug. 2020
  • And so, the creaky old state slogan has little to do with what the state is about now.
    — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 7 June 2019
  • Just know that the edge support is uneven, and the springs are a little creaky.
    — Medea Giordano, WIRED, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Delle said, her voice creaky with sarcasm, or with exhaustion.
    — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 17 Feb. 2025
  • But on Sunday, Brady and Rodgers looked old, creaky and cranky.
    — Mark Maske, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Falling asleep is hard but waking up with a creaky neck adds insult to injury.
    — Sara Coughlin, SELF, 10 Sep. 2021
  • Both men are a bit creaky in their advancing years, and maybe things just don’t work out in either case.
    — Bruce Jenkins, SFChronicle.com, 7 Feb. 2020
  • Others pushed further in their quest to modernize the creaky wool suit.
    — Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 20 June 2022
  • But June and Serena have lived most of the last few years in the same creaky house.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2025
  • The most creaky veteran played with the most aggression.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2026
  • After that, the game could have been a downer, but Ransom raised the roof on the creaky old gym.
    — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Feb. 2022
  • At the Brooklyn temple, a small group made its way down a creaky set of stairs to the basement for lunch.
    — Sam Kestenbaum, New York Times, 7 June 2018
  • But many times, the solution to creaky knees lies further up the kinetic chain.
    — Jenny McCoy, Outside, 28 Sep. 2025
  • The carpools and concerts and an old house filled with the sound of young voices and feet scrambling up and down creaky stairs.
    — Dan Horn, Cincinnati.com, 24 June 2017
  • The revival, the first on Broadway, tries to solve the show’s famously creaky text.
    — Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 15 May 2026
  • Back then, wind power still conjured up images of quaint Dutch mills and creaky prairie water pumpers.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 15 June 2026
  • Old homes naturally slow you down—the creaky floors, the cozy rooms, the quiet moments at the end of the day.
    — Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 May 2026
  • The 38-year-old Roethlisberger looked heavy, slow and creaky at times.
    — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 12 Jan. 2021
  • Certain doses have been found to improve fine lines and wrinkles in skin, ease creaky knees, and speed up wound healing.
    — Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 5 Oct. 2024
  • The problem is, taking such action is hard when your joints are creaky and your mind is going and the world seems over anyway.
    — Anthony Domestico, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2021
  • The rules were simple for the group gathered on creaky wooden chairs in a cemetery chapel just as the autumn sun began to set.
    — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2023
  • By trading Hill, the Chiefs infused youth into a creaky defense.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Oct. 2022
  • And Omri Casspi, still looking a bit creaky out there, went without a shot in four minutes.
    — Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Feb. 2018

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