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Word: creaking (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...floor, and then, when their tryst is interrupted, grouses that he has to put all that stuff back on. Even dressing is a pain for this winded warrior. Audiences seem to love the jokes about what a tired old man he is. Some viewers can empathize; their joints creak along with Clint...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Return of The Grownups | 8/23/1993 | See Source »

...Allen and Mia Farrow on the witness stand, Room 341 of the State Supreme Court building in lower Manhattan can seldom be described as "hushed." The din of construction work and the shriek of police sirens outside easily penetrate the courtroom windows. The government-issue wooden chairs pop and creak when their occupants change position, which, given the occasional lulls of legalese, happens regularly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Scenes From Parenthood | 4/12/1993 | See Source »

...made the chills even bigger. "The new rides are faster, meaner and more unpredictable than the old; and the steel, looping coasters that spin riders up, over and sideways require a stronger stomach," he reports. "Fortunately for traditionalists like myself, who savor the symmetry as well as the eerie creak of wood, there are plenty of big, new wooden coasters springing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From the Publisher: Aug 6 1990 | 8/6/1990 | See Source »

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