How do you use Creak in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like noise or creaking, plus the exact meaning.
Creak meaning
The sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking.
Using Creak
- The main meaning on this page is: The sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking.
- Useful related words include: noise, creaking, squeak, screech.
- In the example corpus, creak often appears in combinations such as: creak and, it creak.
Context around Creak
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 5 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Creak
- In this selection, "creak" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, droids, chair, loud, though, open and announced stand out and add context to how "creak" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a loud creak announced her and hear it creak and crack. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "creak" sits close to words such as aadi, aakash and aayush, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with creak
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
You have to be near the door to hear it creak open. (12 words)
Stone leans back and I hear his chair creak, though the Starbucks is loud. (14 words)
Every step is a creak and a thump before he finally stabs Tommy with a pitchfork. (16 words)
So I used to walk in the building at night and the back lights would be on, and I’d go up and walk up on the floor and hear it creak and crack and talk back to me a little bit. (42 words)
Starting with the first movie in 1977, the Lucasfilm effects team has worked magic with practical effects, creating worlds where the vehicles sputter and shake, the droids creak and clank, and the aliens cast imposing shadows. (36 words)
Carroll's book appendices suggest it is the past tense of the verb to 'outgribe', connected with the old verb to 'grike' or 'shrike', which derived 'shriek' and 'creak' and hence 'squeak'. (32 words)
Example sentences (12)
She stood statue-still, listening to the creak of footsteps on the ice and the cries from people she couldn’t see through the murky black wreathing the air.
I heard a creak and looked up to see a stocky man with dark hair standing in the doorway, glaring at me.
Starting with the first movie in 1977, the Lucasfilm effects team has worked magic with practical effects, creating worlds where the vehicles sputter and shake, the droids creak and clank, and the aliens cast imposing shadows.
As the fire continued to burn into the evening, the old tin roof began to sag and creak and it was inevitable it would collapse.
Every step is a creak and a thump before he finally stabs Tommy with a pitchfork.
So I used to walk in the building at night and the back lights would be on, and I’d go up and walk up on the floor and hear it creak and crack and talk back to me a little bit.
Stone leans back and I hear his chair creak, though the Starbucks is loud.
You have to be near the door to hear it creak open.
A loud creak announced her presence to the collection, but not one head turned to acknowledge her entrance.
The visuals that I found jaw-dropping a few years ago are starting to creak a little, but it still looks great.
Carroll's book appendices suggest it is the past tense of the verb to 'outgribe', connected with the old verb to 'grike' or 'shrike', which derived 'shriek' and 'creak' and hence 'squeak'.
These four registers contrast with each other, but no other combination of phonation (modal, breath, creak, closed) and tone (high, low, falling) is found.
Common combinations with creak
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- creak and 5×
- it creak 2×