There was an odd creak coming from the right rear wheel of the cart. From LearnThat.org.
The creak of the floorboards gave him away. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
This is another creak from the failing superstructure of civil life. From Wordnik.com. [They Don’t Like It Up ‘Em! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference
As far as Iraq was concerned, the containment policy was beginning to "creak". From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
A set of callipers is your friend, and if it's more of a 'creak' with a 'crack' I'd suspect bottom bracket. From Wordnik.com. [Irish Blogs] Reference
The trees of the park creak in strained reticence. From Wordnik.com. [Trees Knees] Reference
Never do you hear the telltale creak of contrivance. From Wordnik.com. [Not So Good for the Geese] Reference
Thatwas a sound — a creak, like floorboards underfoot. From Wordnik.com. [What the Father Said] Reference
But, I also think the seat area is beginning to creak again. From Wordnik.com. [Technical FAQ with Lennard Zinn: Removing headset top caps, seatpost creaking, and more solutions to mystery creaks] Reference
In such damp weather it was probable that the sash would creak. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
Houses settle, stairs creak, wind whistles through a screen door. From Wordnik.com. [Noises] Reference
I heard the creak of the old chair and turned to see her standing. From Wordnik.com. [Sanctuary] Reference
In that swift moment he heard the low creak of something straining. From Wordnik.com. [The Air Ship Boys : Or, the Quest of the Aztec Treasure] Reference
Horace heard the stairs begin to creak as someone began to climb them. From Wordnik.com. [Gazing Skyward... Or, in the dim twilight of youth] Reference
I hear the front door creak and soft footsteps sneaking up the stairs. From Wordnik.com. [Circling '84] Reference
The stairs creak under the weight of Oh, Randy, and my mother's heels. From Wordnik.com. [The Stay Apparatus] Reference
In the cavernous cider press whose doors creak open within my courtyard. From Wordnik.com. [A Village of Vagabonds] Reference
Not even the creak of our ancient plumbing would fill the soundless void. From Wordnik.com. [Karma, Old Dogs, and Fine Men] Reference
One creak source not mentioned is a Campy (in my case 10-speed) cassette. From Wordnik.com. [Technical FAQ with Lennard Zinn: Bike creaking solutions] Reference
Then he waited until he heard the wagon creak up before the hotel and stop. From Wordnik.com. [Tom of the Raiders] Reference
Anytime I put force to pedals, even minimal force, the seatpost would creak. From Wordnik.com. [Technical FAQ with Lennard Zinn: Removing headset top caps, seatpost creaking, and more solutions to mystery creaks] Reference
I wanted to reply, but a grunt and a creak from Meir's bed choked my answer. From Wordnik.com. [Heroic] Reference
The trailer settled to the ground, giving out a creak like an old man's bones. From Wordnik.com. [Revenge at the Nudist Camp] Reference
He heard the unmistakable creak of wheels behind him, and sprang into the bushes. From Wordnik.com. [Tom of the Raiders] Reference
Your leaves would whirl around my roots and I would creak and bat my limbs at you. From Wordnik.com. [Billets Doux] Reference
Campagnolo cassettes can creak and it is infuriatingly difficult to trace the source. From Wordnik.com. [Technical FAQ with Lennard Zinn: Bike creaking solutions] Reference
She let herself drop back down in her chair, and it a gave a creak under her weight. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Dreams of Reality, 8] Reference
Mrs. Wladek eased herself, feeling her bones creak, into a chair at the side of the desk. From Wordnik.com. [Hex] Reference
A creak here, a scratch there, wind at the chimney's mouth, then groaning under the eaves. From Wordnik.com. [A House] Reference
My titanium frame will make a sound like a seatpost, stem or particularly bottom bracket creak. From Wordnik.com. [Technical FAQ with Lennard Zinn: Bike creaking solutions] Reference
They seemed to creak horribly, but it was the silence of the building that magnified the sound to. From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of Garside School] Reference
Baron Haer leaned back in his chair, his barrel-like body causing that article of furniture to creak. From Wordnik.com. [Mercenary] Reference
Just below us, Madame Prune's panels move very badly, creak and make a hideous noise in their wornout grooves. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Mingling with the song I could hear the creak of her old splint-bottomed chair as she rocked gently to and fro. From Wordnik.com. [Aunt Jane of Kentucky] Reference
The chances are high that it is simply movement between the headset parts and the frame that is causing the creak. From Wordnik.com. [Technical FAQ with Lennard Zinn: Bike creaking solutions] Reference
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