creakier; creakiest
2
: showing signs of deterioration or decrepitude
a creaky old house
a creaky economy
Examples of creaky in a Sentence
The new governor promises to work to revive the state's creaky economy.
a computer system that is creaky with age
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Throughout the night, Graham and her guests explored spooky details straight from the film, including the infamous scale model of Winter River, checkered floor tiling and creaky staircases.
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Catherine Santino, People.com, 30 Oct. 2024
With that initiative, and by investing in the public provision of private goods like gas connections, toilets, and housing, Modi has gradually overhauled India’s creaky welfare state.
—Milan Vaishnav, Foreign Affairs, 4 Nov. 2019
Crushed velvet and lace Period pieces, fantasies, and romances, movies that sound like a dusty book slamming shut and a creaky door beckoning you forward.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2024
Even in that creaky vehicle Jones was majestic, rising above the stock character of the lovable curmudgeon to imbue him with blazing intelligence, mischievous humor and searing vulnerability when a life-threatening health scare exposes his fear of death.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Catherine Santino, People.com, 30 Oct. 2024
With that initiative, and by investing in the public provision of private goods like gas connections, toilets, and housing, Modi has gradually overhauled India’s creaky welfare state.
—Milan Vaishnav, Foreign Affairs, 4 Nov. 2019
Crushed velvet and lace Period pieces, fantasies, and romances, movies that sound like a dusty book slamming shut and a creaky door beckoning you forward.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2024
Even in that creaky vehicle Jones was majestic, rising above the stock character of the lovable curmudgeon to imbue him with blazing intelligence, mischievous humor and searing vulnerability when a life-threatening health scare exposes his fear of death.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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“Creaky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/creaky. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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