On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Creaky. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as decrepit or rheumy and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Creaky in a sentence
Creaky meaning
- Tending to creak.
- Worn down by overuse; decrepit.
- arthritic or rheumatic.
Synonyms of Creaky
Using Creaky
- The main meaning on this page is: Tending to creak. | Worn down by overuse; decrepit. | arthritic or rheumatic.
- Useful related words include: decrepit, rheumy, rheumatoid, rheumatic.
- In the example corpus, creaky often appears in combinations such as: creaky voice, the creaky, creaky old.
Context around Creaky
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 8 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Creaky
- In this selection, "creaky" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, rustic, bit, dogs, voice, old and public stand out and add context to how "creaky" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a bit creaky towards the and accessed by creaky old staircases. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "creaky" sits close to words such as abattoirs, abike and ablative, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with creaky
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
This book is meant to look creaky and brittle. (9 words)
The creaky system must be carefully managed, with continuous rebalancing between reservoirs, towers, etc. (14 words)
The Coliseum, venerable as well as creaky after 61 years of existence, had hosted dozens of great moments. (18 words)
Yes, she admits, it is hard to “feel creaky or to see wrinkles” as she gets older, she says, “but what makes me really sad is that I don’t have as much time as I wish I did to have fun, you know? (44 words)
According to Cole Alteneder, who used to live in the rental home where the murders took place, it’s likely that all those in the house would be able to hear a commotion in the “creaky” old rental. (38 words)
The building is now home to the Enchanted Manor Museum at the Creaky Cauldron and Magic Alley; the Box Brownie Café; Doug Brown's Really Good Gift Company; and the Not Just Shakespeare Tourist Information Centre. (36 words)
Yes, she admits, it is hard to “feel creaky or to see wrinkles” as she gets older, she says, “but what makes me really sad is that I don’t have as much time as I wish I did to have fun, you know? (44 words)
Example sentences (20)
According to Cole Alteneder, who used to live in the rental home where the murders took place, it’s likely that all those in the house would be able to hear a commotion in the “creaky” old rental.
Further south, the line, another underfunded and creaky public service, is also one of the world’s finest rail routes.
The Coliseum, venerable as well as creaky after 61 years of existence, had hosted dozens of great moments.
From its creaky floors to its whispering walls, an old home tells stories of the past while providing comfort today.
The creaky system must be carefully managed, with continuous rebalancing between reservoirs, towers, etc.
Cherie Boos, manager of Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop, in an authentically rustic, creaky floored 18th-century Creole cottage, said she’s hoping locals will help keep the bar financially afloat as Bourbon Street revives.
There are, however, consequences to the scale and scope of response because the mode of distribution involves those creaky pipes I mentioned.
While phones can feel a bit creaky towards the end of a 24-month contract, smartwatch technology moves quite a bit slower thanks to the limited amount of heavy lifting the hardware needs to do.
Flash forward to last weekend, and the Bears found themselves once again in a creaky situation without Morikawa.
Osteoarthritis, the wear-and-tear kind that makes people and dogs creaky, is another common affliction as dogs age.
Over the past few years we’ve exercised him mainly by hiking, but he’s getting old and creaky now and no longer wants to be as active.
Six of the eight rooms are dotted above the original pub, accessed by creaky old staircases, with the remaining two in the separately accessed Doghouse.
This book is meant to look creaky and brittle.
Yes, she admits, it is hard to “feel creaky or to see wrinkles” as she gets older, she says, “but what makes me really sad is that I don’t have as much time as I wish I did to have fun, you know?
Every once in a while, there’s a play that was originally written in English, but there’s still something wildly creaky about it.
Ingram, 78, said recently from the headquarters of the Eagle Nature Foundation, in a creaky, nearly 150-year-old house that doubles as his insurance office in this tiny town 140 miles northwest of Chicago.
Creaky voice is prevalent as a peer-group affectation among young women in the United States. citation citation citation citation Vuolo, Mike.
For example, Gujarati has vowels with a partially lax phonation called breathy voice or murmured, while Burmese has vowels with a partially tense phonation called creaky voice or laryngealized.
Languages with "stiff" glottalized consonants and tense voice developed high tone on the preceding vowel and those with "slack" glottalized consonants with creaky voice developed low tone.
The building is now home to the Enchanted Manor Museum at the Creaky Cauldron and Magic Alley; the Box Brownie Café; Doug Brown's Really Good Gift Company; and the Not Just Shakespeare Tourist Information Centre.
Common combinations with creaky
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- creaky voice 4×
- the creaky 3×
- creaky old 2×
- and creaky 2×
- its creaky 2×
- in creaky 2×