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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of creak.

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Examples

  • The flimsy familiar office chair that he†™ d grown old and fat in creaked as his weight shifted slowly off its edge. “Showtime” he muttered to himself.

    365 tomorrows » 2008 » April : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2008

  • The flimsy familiar office chair that he†™ d grown old and fat in creaked as his weight shifted slowly off its edge. “Showtime” he muttered to himself.

    365 tomorrows » deviantArt Contest Runner Up : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2008

  • The town creaked, but was otherwise silent, and Conan shivered, the mist chilling his spine.

    Archive 2009-12-01 Reis O'Brien 2009

  • The ancient floorboards overhead creaked and groaned.

    Ominous Kate Brian 2011

  • The town creaked, but was otherwise silent, and Conan shivered, the mist chilling his spine.

    Conan Fan Fiction! Cromsblood 2009

  • He again heard the whoosh of the crowbar, this time against the windshield, which buckled and creaked like a tired, wounded animal.

    The equalizer Chris Miller 2011

  • I briefly considered bolting, but then the side door slowly creaked open and Josh poked his head out—along with the heads of two rather large shovels.

    Ominous Kate Brian 2011

  • I sat down weakly and the chair creaked beneath me.

    The Bird House Kelly Simmons 2011

  • His chair creaked again—now he was leaning back, she knew, getting comfortable, his feet up on the blotter.

    (7) Plus and Minus Nathaniel Bellows 2011

  • When I first started I went to the Army and Navy Store and purchased a pair of ‘Police Boots’ They creaked and squeaked all the time I had them and I finally gave them up when the nails which held the soles on came up through the inside into my feet.

    Kit Freak « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009

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