creak under

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to creak because of the weight or pressure of something on top

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Examples (10)

  • The chair creaked under his weight.
  • The old floorboards creak under my feet with every step I take.
  • The heavy shelves began to creak under the load of all the books.
  • Listen, the attic floor is creaking under someone's footsteps.
  • The old wooden bridge will surely creak under the weight of that heavy truck.
  • The entire structure creaked under the immense pressure of the wind.
  • Figuratively, the company was creaking under the strain of its own rapid expansion.
  • The rope bridge creaked ominously under the weight of the hikers.
  • After the blizzard, every tree branch creaked under a thick blanket of snow.
  • The ship's ancient timbers had creaked under the relentless force of the waves.