creak under
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to creak because of the weight or pressure of something on top
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- 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.