How to pronounce creaking
Listen to creaking in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
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“creaking” in real sentences
122 clips in the index · 4 American · 77 British · 7 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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left the fire service creaking.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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Our energy infrastructure is already creaking.
Intelligence Squared · hear it here
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She made a sound like a creaking door hinge.
60 Minutes · hear it here
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(Door creaking) (door slams shut) (metal clinking) (dramatic music) Well,
Penguin Books UK · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of creaking. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.