On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Creaking. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as creaky or noisy and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Creaking meaning
present participle and gerund of creak
Using Creaking
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of creak
- Useful related words include: creaky, screaky, noisy, creak.
- In the example corpus, creaking often appears in combinations such as: the creaking, is creaking, creaking and.
Context around Creaking
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 8 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Creaking
- In this selection, "creaking" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, bed, doors, constant, door, doors and sounds stand out and add context to how "creaking" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include sector is creaking under the and a loud creaking groan sounded. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "creaking" sits close to words such as abdulrazaq, adan and adolphus, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with creaking
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
No bit of the business has been creaking. (8 words)
We are already above pre-pandemic levels and the station is creaking. (12 words)
Amanda shuts a creaking door behind her and heads down the winding stairs. (13 words)
In May the Health and Social Care Committee a report, published as part of the committee’s inquiry into pharmacy services, warned the sector is “creaking under the strain of funding pressures, medicine shortages and skill mix challenges”. (38 words)
The creaking door is opened by a genial, smiling Mr. Reed (Hugh Grant, turning on his customary charm), who invites them in and offers them a slice of blueberry pie freshly baked by his wife, who never appears. (38 words)
The Commons Health and Social Care Committee, in a report published just hours before Parliament’s dissolution, warned the pharmacy sector is “creaking under the strain of funding pressures, medicine shortages and skill mix challenges”. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
He would walk past Sue’s room, in which the doors would remain close, and he would hear the bed creaking, doors creaking, and the sound of footsteps descending in the room.
Furthermore, the constant creaking sounds of the trampoline could also see gardeners being reported for noise complaints.
Innovative sound design replaces a traditional score, making everyday noises like a toy rocket or creaking floorboard absolutely horrifying.
Scotland were creaking and the third and fourth tries weren't long in coming.
Amanda shuts a creaking door behind her and heads down the winding stairs.
A surprise election was a rude awakening to investors who had previously looked past France's creaking public finances.
At night, I would hear the bats squeaking in the attic and the old lilac tree creaking in the wind outside my window.
In May the Health and Social Care Committee a report, published as part of the committee’s inquiry into pharmacy services, warned the sector is “creaking under the strain of funding pressures, medicine shortages and skill mix challenges”.
Jamie-Lee Cole, senior communications manager at homelessness and rough sleeping charity The Wallich says: “Temporary accommodation in Wales is creaking.
Nadal’s biggest opponent since his 14th title two years ago has been his creaking body.
No bit of the business has been creaking.
Prisoners are set to be released from prison early as the creaking justice system struggles to cope with numbers.
Recalling the erstwhile creaking infrastructure of Kashi Nagri, 10 years ago, the spiritual guru said that the city has undergone massive transformation in terms of economy, road infrastructure and facelift of Ganga ghats.
The Commons Health and Social Care Committee, in a report published just hours before Parliament’s dissolution, warned the pharmacy sector is “creaking under the strain of funding pressures, medicine shortages and skill mix challenges”.
The creaking door is opened by a genial, smiling Mr. Reed (Hugh Grant, turning on his customary charm), who invites them in and offers them a slice of blueberry pie freshly baked by his wife, who never appears.
The only reveal of their identity is the deliciously seedy creaking of their stiff, slimy, black leather gloves.
They say that witnesses heard moaning and creaking just seconds before the collapse.
We are already above pre-pandemic levels and the station is creaking.
A loud, creaking groan sounded out across the valley, all around us, the sound I imagined a whale would make before dying.
As I have written a lot recently, England’s handling of the pandemic proves that its creaking, centralised system of government, full of ossified practices and institutionalised prejudice, needs to be thoroughly localised and democratised.
Common combinations with creaking
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the creaking 10×
- is creaking 5×
- creaking and 3×
- creaking of 3×
- creaking floorboard 2×
- of creaking 2×
- creaking door 2×
- creaking under 2×
- creaking infrastructure 2×
- and creaking 2×