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- adjective
comparative form ofcreaky : morecreaky
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Examples
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THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA BLURAY ($39.98; Image) -- It's creakier than Frankenstein (a movie that can still make you shiver), but this Phantom is a landmark horror film and features Lon Chaney and his remarkable makeup job as the disfigured Erik, haunting the Paris Opera.
Michael Giltz: DVDs: Harry Potter Finale Arrives, Now Where's Pottermore? Michael Giltz 2011
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THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA BLURAY ($39.98; Image) -- It's creakier than Frankenstein (a movie that can still make you shiver), but this Phantom is a landmark horror film and features Lon Chaney and his remarkable makeup job as the disfigured Erik, haunting the Paris Opera.
Michael Giltz: DVDs: Harry Potter Finale Arrives, Now Where's Pottermore? Michael Giltz 2011
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As America's baby boomers grow older and creakier, some companies are trying to keep those with hard-to-replace skills fit enough to remain on the job.
Keeping Boomers Fit for Work James R. Hagerty 2011
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On this evening they were men near 60 who'd just seen out the toddler years again, creakier but hopefully wiser.
The Poetry Foundation: Robert Lowell's Lightness By Diantha Parker The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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On this evening they were men near 60 who'd just seen out the toddler years again, creakier but hopefully wiser.
Robert Lowell The Poetry Foundation 2010
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But fiscal chaos in tiny Greece has shined a bright light on some of the common currency's creakier underpinnings.
Common Currency Faces a Test of Its Union Andrea Tryphonides 2010
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But fiscal chaos in tiny Greece has shined a bright light on some of the common currency's creakier underpinnings.
Euro's Fate: Muddling Through Andrea Tryphonides 2010
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On this evening they were men near 60 who'd just seen out the toddler years again, creakier but hopefully wiser.
The Poetry Foundation: Robert Lowell's Lightness By Diantha Parker The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Never mind that the Yankees don ' t want a left infield creakier than Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau.
Jeter and Yankees are Cats and Dogs Jason Gay 2010
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On this evening they were men near 60 who'd just seen out the toddler years again, creakier but hopefully wiser.
Robert Lowell The Poetry Foundation 2010
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