| It didn't sound like the creaky door, or even footsteps on the dusty floor. |
| Then there were sounds like soft footfalls which started in the area of the tower, then moved across the creaky boards of the attic. |
| Muscles groaned as they were used one more time, and his creaky voice almost didn't make it out. |
| He slowly crept up the creaky wooden stairs to the moldy second floor hallway. |
| The world sounded with the creaky, whispery voices of the trees and the low, grating language of the stones, and all was well. |
| I ignored the eyes that followed us as we descended the creaky stairs, but my hands clutched slightly tighter. |
