Creaking in A Sentence

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    A creaking, top-heavy management structure was created - with our chairman seemingly at the center of every web.

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    A young forest growing up under your meadows, and wild sumachs and blackberry vines breaking through into your cellar; sturdy pitch pines rubbing and creaking against the shingles for want of room, their roots reaching quite under the house.

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    Along the broad country road, edged on both sides by trees, came a high, light blue Viennese caleche, slightly creaking on its springs and drawn by six horses at a smart trot.

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    Behind the company the sound of wheels, the creaking of springs, and the tramp of horses' hoofs were heard.

    5

    Dragging her feet across the creaking parquet floor around an old clothiers dummy, her mouth full of pins.

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    First she heard her mother praying and sighing and the creaking of her bed under her, then Madame Schoss' familiar whistling snore and Sonya's gentle breathing.

    7

    He breathed deeply of the early summer air and closed his eyes, enjoying the smell of the horse and sound of creaking leather.

    8

    He was conscious of the warmth of her body, the scent of perfume, and the creaking of her corset as she moved.

    9

    I wonder how the already creaking transport network will cope with more residents?

    10

    Sometimes, after staying in a village parlor till the family had all retired, I have returned to the woods, and, partly with a view to the next day's dinner, spent the hours of midnight fishing from a boat by moonlight, serenaded by owls and foxes, and hearing, from time to time, the creaking note of some unknown bird close at hand.

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    The beating of the rotators died, replaced by creaking and scraping of metal.

    12

    The British constitution, at least in regard to England, is now creaking at the seams.

    13

    The building is old, and the creaking floorboards badly need replacing.

    14

    The creaking world economy was started up again by a coalition of industrial capitalists and government, with the trade unions as junior partner.

    15

    The ship was creaking and gasping for breath and the starboard yardarm seemed closer to the sea 's surface than before.

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    The ship was creaking and gasping for breath and the starboard yardarm seemed closer to the sea's surface than before.

    17

    The suspension should move up and down without any noise - if you hear any creaking or clunking noises the suspension has some problems.

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    The wind blew the entire night, creaking and groaning about the old building in a mournful dirge.