We allcreak and creak thus as we grow old; ah, you should hear my wardrobes.
The air was filled with the croak of frogs and the chirp of crickets, and from the river came the creak of the sculls and paddles of a cumbrous barge that was working its way down the Tiber.
II After a voyage in which one pleasant day succeeded another, Cornelia awoke one morning to hear the creak of blocks and tackle as the sailors were lowering sail.
There was anothercreak or two, evidently from overhead, and as Punch stood there on the alert, his brows knit and teeth clenched, Pen softly stole his hand in the direction of his own musket and raised himself up on the bed ready to help.
Yes," came in a hoarse whisper, and a loud creak came from the ceiling.
Then all at once came the sharpcreak of a board, and Punch dashed at his musket, caught it up, cocked it, and stood ready to use it in defence of his companion.
I suppose he has hauled many a stick of timber pine down for ship-yards, and gone through the village so early in the winter morning that I, waking in my warm bed, only heard the sleds creak through the frozen snow as the slow oxen plodded by.
There was a rattle of stirrups and bits, a creak of leather as thirty men swung off their horses.
There was a sound of running horses stopping square at the rack without, the rattle of chains, the creak of saddles.
The silence above was broken by the creak of an opening door, the sound of excited voices, and a sudden gleam of light, finding entrance through the open cellar-way.
From the next room came the sounds of a person moving; the creak of a board, the tinkle of a glass, even the low brushing of a garment being hung on a hook, for the partitions were of inch boards covered only by wallpaper.
He heard the captain move, and the planks of the berth creak in the stuffy cabin.
Distinctly I heard the creak of the revolving office-chair as Slattin rose; then Smith had me by the arm, and we were flying swiftly away from the door to take up our former post around the angle of the building.
Fearful that some board would creak beneath my tread, I followed; and side by side we two crouched, looking into a small rectangular room.
To him it resembled the faint creak of a board beneath a stealthy footstep.
Came thecreak of wooden steps beneath a heavy body.
Following that came a series of metallic sounds and once more the creak of steps.
Of a sudden, in what I thought was night, but which must have been midday, I hear a sound as of hinges that creak and strain.
I can hear its sound welcomed above, and another strain on the trap, and the firstcreak of its hinge.
Somewhere out in the darkness she heard the lap and plash of water and the faint creak of rowlocks.
Suddenly she heard the creak of a board and the sound of footsteps approaching.
A patrol of sailors went heavily overhead, to the sound of a dragging rope, the creak of a pulley,--and through the hiss of cleft waters and the whistle of the wind the thud of powerful engines shook the decks.
II The gangplank swung out as I stepped on the deck, the air shrilling with the chirp of whistles and the creak of pulleys.
For the barrow began to creak dreadfully, and every creak sounded like the cry of a child, just as if the wheel were going over its leg and crushing its poor little bones.
There was the groan of iron and steel being bent and broken, and the crash and creak and crackle of breaking, grinding car-floors.
I don't hear any noise," returned the man; but almost as he spoke a slow shambling step made the floor-boards of the old piazza creak and a heavy hand was laid upon the door.
Both girls noticed the ominous creak which these gave when anything touched them, and Jane shuddered.
But she knew that she had not been asleep long when she was suddenly awakened by the low, squeaking creak of a door.
Little bamboos that creak together, tell me where he ran?
He heard a rustle, thecreak of the bed, as though the man, startled and suddenly roused, were jerking himself up into an upright position.
It was very loud--and yet it was only the creak of a footstep that seemed to come from somewhere amongst the aisles.
The counter and the cracker-barrel expressed themselves in a creak of relief, and all went abovestairs save the Emperor.
A wild goose steered straight across the heavens, far bound, his wings making a noise like the cleaving of water and the creak of full sails.
An old skeleton of pine lifted its broken arms high above the scene of desolation, and one could hear its bones creak and rattle in the breezy heavens.
In a moment the main flood of the gale was roaring through them, and every tree column had begun tocreak and groan.
Did a door creak upon its hinges, did a chair make a shrill sound in gliding over the floor, presto!
Now and then the creak of the rudder sounded, but the very stars were not more calmly peaceful than everything else.
Winthrop listened a moment, and then as the last impatient creak of the boot stopped at his threshold he knew who would open the door.
Dick dared not close the door after him, lest its creak or the noise of its latch might attract the attention of the people in the hallway below.
The gentle lap of the waves, the creak of the timbers, the straining of the ropes, and the flapping of canvas, had their due effect on Dick in the lazy, sunny afternoon.
He had reached the round next to the top one, and was about to thrust his head up through the opening into the loft, when he heard a slight creak from the door of the room below.
She heard her father's bed creak again, again the rattle of the door-chain, and then old Judd stepped on the porch with a revolver in each hand.
Once the wind came with a sudden sweep up the river and she thought she could hear the creak of Uncle Billy's water-wheel.
A few minutes later Hale heard the creak of a barn door on wooden hinges, a cursing command to a horse, and four feet going in a gallop down the path, and he knew there went an enemy.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "creak" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
