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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Jim Queen feeds into (and off of) the trite tribalism of so much creaky gay fiction, but ultimately wants to tear down that paradigm and establish a healthy kind of pluralism for all M4Ms.
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Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026
The revival, the first on Broadway, tries to solve the show’s famously creaky text.
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Old homes naturally slow you down—the creaky floors, the cozy rooms, the quiet moments at the end of the day.
—Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 May 2026
Last month, in a radio interview on LAist, Hilton revived the creaky welfare queen trope.
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Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026
The revival, the first on Broadway, tries to solve the show’s famously creaky text.
—Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 15 May 2026
Old homes naturally slow you down—the creaky floors, the cozy rooms, the quiet moments at the end of the day.
—Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 May 2026
Last month, in a radio interview on LAist, Hilton revived the creaky welfare queen trope.
—Robin Abcarian, Mercury News, 14 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for creaky
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“Creaky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/creaky. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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